The architect Luis Moya designed the Universidad Laboral de Gijón with a blend of classicist architecture, conditioned by the rules imposed by the Patronato that promoted the work, integrating his architecture into the distinctive setting of the valley in which it stands

It should be emphasised that the whole building is governed by a development, both horizontal and vertical, around the module of 2.40 x 2.40 metres, and its divisors and multiples, which Luis Moya established through meticulous study, after having used it in many works of lesser importance than this one.

We can say that the Universidad Laboral is a modular work, created around the figure described above.

The Universidad Laboral de Gijón is a monumental treatise on construction, a caprice in stone and a didactic synthesis of architecture. It is evident that Luis Moya had the opportunity to create a work of architecture such as very few architects have been offered.

The Universidad Laboral de Gijón is a demonstration of the mastery of classicism in the service of a work, and therefore, above and beyond its ideological connotations, now left behind, it presents itself to us as a work of art that challenges the creative capacity of any architect.

Rafael Morán Rumoroso

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