Old prison blocks "rehabilitated" to stunning effect
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That EXIT Architects describes the redeveloped Palencia Civic Center as a rehabilitation rather than a refurbishment is apt considering the 19th century building was originally a prison
The reworked interior now contains auditoria, classrooms and activity rooms for large gatherings
The Palencia Civic Center is Neo-Mudéjar no longer
EXIT quite literally tore the roof off the place
That EXIT Architects describes the redeveloped Palencia Civic Center as a rehabilitation rather than a refurbishment is apt considering the 19th century building was originally a prison
That EXIT Architects describes the redeveloped Palencia Civic Center as a rehabilitation rather than a refurbishment is apt considering the 19th century building was originally a prison
Inside is clean, white and utilitarian
Inside is clean, white and utilitarian
The Palencia Civic Center is Neo-Mudéjar no longer
EXIT quite literally tore the roof off the place
Inside is clean, white and utilitarian
The Palencia Civic Center is Neo-Mudéjar no longer
Inside is clean, white and utilitarian
That EXIT Architects describes the redeveloped Palencia Civic Center as a rehabilitation rather than a refurbishment is apt considering the 19th century building was originally a prison
Inside is clean, white and utilitarian
This wing features an octagonal "lantern" in its roof, built atop the stunted tower there before
The four wings and central hall of the old prison are connected by new pavilions of the same zinc and translucent construction
EXIT quite literally tore the roof off the place
That EXIT Architects describes the redeveloped Palencia Civic Center as a rehabilitation rather than a refurbishment is apt considering the 19th century building was originally a prison
EXIT Architects' "rehabilitation" of a 19th century prison
Palencia Provincial Prison as was
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That EXIT Architects describes the redeveloped Palencia Civic Center as a rehabilitation rather than a refurbishment is apt considering the 19th century building was originally a prison. Somehow, refurbishment is too small a word for such a radical change of use, implying a mere lick of paint here and a scrubbed-down banister or two. No. EXIT quite literally tore the roof off the place.
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