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A bay of the former Arms Factory of A Coruña, rehabilitated for technology.

The stone entrance arch of the former Arms Factory of A Coruña, inscribed «FABRICA DE ARMAS».

The CSA brings together shared labs for artificial intelligence, media and smart devices, an event atrium, meeting and training rooms, coworking and offices for technology companies. It is run by a company with 13 shareholders, led by Clúster TIC de Galicia and the Universidade da Coruña, funded by IGAPE and ERDF.

Milestones

  1. Milestone

    The project is conceived

    Year in which the Advanced Services Centre project was conceived.

    The Arms Factory’s monumental façade before restoration, with its entrance steps and classical pediment.
  2. Milestone

    The Arms Factory site is handed over

    The site of the former Arms Factory of A Coruña is handed over.

    A hall façade with a classical pediment before restoration, with broken windows and weeds in the garden.
  3. Milestone

    €4.8M grant from IGAPE

    IGAPE awards a grant of 4.8 million euros.

    View of the Arms Factory site before restoration, with its rows of halls and the city in the background.
  4. Milestone

    Building design competition

    The tender for the design project and safety coordination is launched. 19 proposals are submitted and opened by the jury on 17 November.

    Lobby with a heraldic stained-glass skylight inside the former Arms Factory.
  5. Milestone

    Design contract awarded

    The award of the competition is published. The construction project is completed in May 2021.

    A grand marble staircase inside the Arms Factory before restoration.
  6. Milestone

    Space allocation for the first buildings

    Application period for the first four buildings, around 17,000 m². The provisional decision is published on 23 July 2021.

    A street between the aligned halls of the Arms Factory site before restoration, with the first buildings on both sides.
  7. Milestone

    Construction tender

    The construction tender is launched, open until 5 October 2021.

    Interior of a large industrial hall of the Arms Factory before the works, with its concrete pillars and leftover machinery.
  8. Milestone

    Construction begins

    Construction of the building begins and is completed in December 2022.

    An Arms Factory hall with its old overhead crane before restoration: the space that is now the atrium.
  9. Milestone

    The CSA opens

    The Advanced Services Centre opens its doors on 20 October 2023.

    General view of the atrium from above: side walkways with glazed offices, groups of armchairs and sofas on the concrete floor and the yellow crane at the far end.
  10. Event

    Evento conoce a Oscar

    Hola oscar

Before the restoration

Photographs of the site before the works.

  • An empty industrial hall of the former Arms Factory before restoration, with its gable roof on concrete pillars.