Spaces of Confinement
A banality of good
D. Hammink (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
R.R.J. van de Pas – Mentor
E.J.G.C. van Dooren – Mentor
P.H.M. Jennen – Mentor
M.G.F. Overschie – Graduation committee member
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Abstract
People make mistakes. But how does society treat them when they do? For archi- tecture to be involved in this process, is to be at least called arbitrary, as it frames the spaces in which we punish and reform. For architects to design prisons is a paradoxical task because of the conflicting interest and changing goals of its design. Spaces of imprisonment deprive people of freedom, whilst at the same try to create a healthy humane environment that is helpful for the detainee to rehabilitation. So how should architects intervene in such spaces? In what way should view spaces of punishment? How could we approach prison design in such a way, that it creates humane spaces of confinement? This project tries to answer this question in the form of a humane prison design that focusses on interaction. Framing the everyday within in a confined space, the prison forms a the platform in which prisoners can act and display they action. Giving them a place in society where they ability able to show their ability to be good.