Corporate · Public building · Principality of Asturias
Langreo Courthouse.
Four floors, two languages,
zero barriers.
The new Langreo Courthouse (La Felguera), inaugurated by Minister Félix Bolaños on 6 February 2025 after a €7.5M investment by the Principality of Asturias, brings under one four-storey roof the Prosecutor’s Office, the Criminal Court, the three Courts of First Instance and Investigation, the Forensic Office, the Legal Guidance Service, the Civil Registry and the Wedding Hall. Each floor has a colour code and each decision point a NaviLens code — read aloud in Spanish, Asturian and 40 more languages.
§ The courthouse in images
From the main directory to the courtroom door.
NaviLens codes on the multicoloured main directory, by each lift landing, at access control and on the courtroom doors.
€7.5M
Total investment by the Principality of Asturias in the new courthouse
3,500 m²
Unified floorspace across four floors (0–3) — La Felguera, Langreo
5,200+
Cases per year handled by the judicial bodies of the district
80,000
People served (Langreo, San Martín, Sobrescobio and Caso)
Client
Principality of Asturias · Ministry of Justice
The Principality of Asturias is the regional government responsible for the material resources of the Administration of Justice. The new La Felguera courthouse is one of the most significant judicial-modernisation projects in Asturias in recent years.
Spain’s Ministry of Justice drives universal accessibility criteria across all courthouses — including dynamic signage for people with low vision through NaviLens, integrated with the bilingual Spanish/Asturian wayfinding.
§ The challenge
A sensitive courthouse that must be readable from the door.
- 01
Three scattered seats → one building
Until November 2024 the three Courts of First Instance, the Criminal Court, the Prosecutor’s Office, the Civil Registry and the Forensic Office were spread across La Felguera. Gathering them into one four-storey building required a clear wayfinding system.
- 02
Spanish · Asturian bilingualism
All signage is bilingual. NaviLens reads aloud both variants and any of the 42 languages the app supports — with no need to reprint anything.
- 03
Sensitive setting: victims, minors, criminal hearings
The building has dedicated rooms for victims of gender violence, minors and protected witnesses. Accessible signage must guide users without forcing them to ask at the counter.
§ The solution
One code at every
decision point.
NaviLens marks the multicoloured main directory, every lift landing, access control and the entrance to the courts. Visitors open the app, point and hear in Spanish or Asturian which body it is, on which floor and where to head.
Codes can be read without focusing the camera, coexist with the tactile flooring of the lobby and with the braille panels by the lift — and do not need reprinting to add a new language.
§ Timeline
From three scattered seats to an accessible courthouse.
2019–2024
Project and construction
The Principality of Asturias drives the construction of a unified courthouse in La Felguera (Langreo) for €7.5M, with universal-accessibility criteria.
11 Nov 2024
Move and start of activity
The phased move begins: first the Prosecutor’s Office and Court no. 1; then the other bodies.
19 Nov 2024
Fully operational
54 officials and the three courts, the Criminal Court and the Prosecutor’s Office handle more than 5,200 cases per year from the new seat.
6 Feb 2025
Official inauguration
Minister Félix Bolaños inaugurates the seat together with the Principality. The official statement highlights accessibility and the unification of the district’s judicial bodies.
§ What they said
What the Ministry of Justice and the Asturian press said.
“El edificio unifica las tres sedes judiciales del concejo e incluye salas especializadas para menores y víctimas de violencia de género. La nueva Sede Judicial de Langreo, que ha supuesto una inversión de 7,5 millones de euros, agrupa en un mismo inmueble los órganos judiciales del partido y atenderá a más de 80.000 personas de los concejos de Langreo, San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Sobrescobio y Caso.”
“Los tres juzgados de primera instancia e instrucción de Langreo, el de lo Penal y la Fiscalía estrenan a partir de este lunes una sede unificada en La Felguera.”
§ Results
Justice, too, universally accessible.
Readable courthouse
Main directory, lifts, access control and courtrooms tagged with NaviLens
Bilingual + 42 languages
Native Spanish and Asturian voice-over, plus any language in the NaviLens app
Replicable model
Pattern applicable to the rest of the Principality’s courthouses
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