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Prison: Projects, Journals & Ideas

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Prison design encompasses the physical spaces, systems, and environments that shape incarceration and rehabilitation. Designers working in this area examine how architecture can influence outcomes, from the layout of facilities to the integration of prisons within urban contexts.

The community explores adaptive reuse of existing prison structures, modular and circular design systems that prioritize rehabilitation over punishment, and strategies for embedding correctional facilities within cities to reduce stigma. Projects range from speculative future prison concepts to interventions that reframe incarceration through architectural innovation.

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Aysu and 2 others

THE CYCLONE

Cyclone is a strong storm of rapidly rotating winds. It was used as a metaphor to describe the idea of cycle in our design. This cycle includes adaptation, correction and rehabilitation steps. Prisoners move on to the next step according to their progress, and each step provides more environmental interaction than the previous one.

Kirill and 2 others

Green Prison

The concept of the modern prison comes down to creation of a green island of salvation that will turn a person to the right track again. It?s obvious that the design of prisons reflects the society?s attitude towards the convicts and penitentiary system in general, and it is our aim to change this attitude ? both in the citizens?

Mohammadreza and 4 others

Human Factory

We have examined three of these aspects and have influenced the results obtained in the design of the prison which includes: The philosophy of prison throughout history, The Impact of Progress and Time on Crime, Analyzing the personality of hackers. This approach has taken on new forms and structures over time. Based on the kind of attitude we examined the l

Anushka

The Other Side- Adaptive Reuse of Abandoned Prison

This project reimagines the abandoned Thane Central Jail as a vibrant civic precinct through adaptive reuse. By preserving its historic fabric and introducing cultural, recreational and community spaces, the project transforms a symbol of confinement into a place of memory, connection and everyday public life.

Kae and Charlotte

The Wallrena: GAME (f)O(re)VER

Our project is a wall. In this wall, players are locked in cells like prisoners to play games for months while being spectated by a cheerful crowd. These cells stack in a 1km long megastructure built on Sommarøy, known for living out of time. The extraordinary contrast born from the merging of these universes creates a new unique way to envision eSports.

Jie and 3 others

TRIO

The building introduces the elements of the ring, including cybercriminals, giving people a better experience.

Nahal and Nick

Screen

The prison is designed to restore the man's Golden Light (i.e. personal restraint). Man has been darkened by the power of the Screen, and must learn to restore his Golden Light, by passing through the Filter, Reform, and Reflect Stages; creating a slowed-down version of the Screen. The prison does not absorb light like the Screen, rather, it restores Light.

HOT SPOT

Prisons should not be isolated island, not be abandoned area, not be unfriendly cold. Prisons should be HOT SPOT, which is integrated with urban fabric and life .It can be used as the public space and part of urban member. Spot sometimes is not a nice place, but if we are to give enough care, and it will be a hot spot,which is the most fancy and sexy place.

Haotong and 策楷

Future prison

This model can be built in different places with the same section strategy. The whole building is divided into three parts and the resident units in the upper zone can be built to higher floors.

Giovanna and 2 others

A Wall to live in

A Wall to live in consist in designing an innovative prison for new types of criminals. It is based on the themes of modularity, nature and human being. With crimes like the non-violent ones the rehabilitation is a fundamental part of the judgment and it's exactly this aspect that this project tend to improve.

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publishedStory5 months ago

Cable Prison: Modular Architecture That Reframes Incarceration as Rehabilitation

A cable-supported, timber-framed correctional facility designed around transparency, dignity, and the spatial logic of community integration.

Switching Prisons

Prison

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publishedStory5 months ago

HOT SPOT: Embedding a Prison Inside the City to Dissolve the Walls of Stigma

A shortlisted proposal reimagines correctional architecture as civic infrastructure, replacing isolation with urban integration and public engagement.

Switching Prisons

Prison

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publishedStory5 months ago