Civic Centre in Palencia, Palencia, Spain. Architect: Exit Architects, 2012. Street elevation with former prison wall.
Exit Architects teamed up with architect Eduardo Delgado Orusco to create this civic and cultural centre inside a former prison in Palencia, Spain. Constructed from load-bearing brickwork, the nineteenth century building comprises four wings that have been completely refurbished to accommodate an auditorium, a library, multi-function rooms and classrooms for art and music. A translucent glass pavilion provides an entrance to the building, while new walls and roof structures have been created over and around the existing blocks using zinc and more semiopaque glass. At the centre of the four wings is a new hall, inside which large round skylights extend down to create cylindrical light wells and miniature courtyards. The library is contained within the wing that previously housed prisoner cell blocks and features a central reading area beneath an octagonal skylight.
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