KULTUROLA BUILDING, MONDRAGÓN
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The intervention is based on the recognition of the building’s original values: its structure, its scale, and its close relationship with the river. The former passageway that crossed the ground floor, once an access route to the industrial complex, is now incorporated into the urban space as a large entrance threshold, an intermediate void that connects the exterior with the interior and recovers its condition as a protected meeting place.
The restoration returns the building to its industrial character by recovering the original composition of the façades, openings, and skylights, allowing the zenithal light of the upper floors to be restored. The concrete structure and its large beams remain exposed, while the building services enhance the industrial atmosphere of the complex. In addition to preserving the historic staircase, the new intervention introduces a red-tinted vertical core, evoking the iron and the activity that gave rise to the building. Thus, Kulturola preserves the memory of its past and projects it into a new era, where industrial architecture becomes a living heritage.
