Bombas Gens, Art Deco industrial building in La Saïdia, Valencia, Spain.
Bombas Gens is a former pump factory featuring distinctive Art Deco facades made from ceramic bricks and galvanized steel, reflecting early 20th-century manufacturing traditions. The building was converted into four exhibition spaces totaling 2,600 square meters, surrounded by gardens with hackberry trees and sandstone pathways that visitors walk through today.
The building was designed in 1930 by architect Cayetano Borso di Carminati as a hydraulic pump factory operating under the Carlos Gens name until 1991. After closure, a complete renovation transformed it into a contemporary art center that opened to the public.
The name refers to the pump manufacturing that once defined this industrial site and the neighborhood. Today visitors experience contemporary art exhibitions within these former factory walls, where the working-class heritage remains visible in every architectural detail.
The center is accessible on foot and contains exhibition halls, dining options, childcare facilities, and offices that visitors can move through comfortably. The outdoor areas with pathways and trees offer space to rest between indoor galleries.
Beneath the modern art center lies a 15th-century medieval cellar visible through a glass footbridge that exposes the original tiling below. This hidden layer reveals that the site was built upon foundations going back centuries.
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