Switching Prisons
Architectural and spatial explorations of prison design that prioritize rehabilitation, reintegration, and humane confinement.
BOUNDARY POSSIBILITY
With the improvement of the level of science and technology, the growth of the economic level, and the increasing number of cybercrime, as people's demands for quality of life are getting higher and higher, people begin to pay attention to the prisons of special criminals.
The Studio for Redemption: Rethinking Incarceration for Intellectual Crime
A shortlisted prison concept replaces isolation with collaborative rehabilitation, turning inmates' technical skills toward societal contribution.
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Unintentional Prison: Rethinking Confinement as a Micro-City of Rehabilitation
A shortlisted entry reimagines penitentiary architecture as a digitally-inspired urban ecosystem for non-violent offenders.
Behind the Walls: A Prison Reimagined as Biophilic Campus for Reintegration
Clustered timber modules, green bridges, and communal living spaces replace punitive confinement with a restorative correctional landscape.
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.
Balancing Dichotomy: Modular Prison Architecture Rethought for Cybercriminals
A shortlisted competition entry reimagines correctional facilities as modular ecosystems that rehabilitate cyber offenders through education and spatial op
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.
Beyond Bars: Rethinking Incarceration Through Landscape and Rehabilitation
A Dutch correctional facility replaces fortress walls with moats, rooftop gardens, and a three-step spatial protocol for reintegration.
Boundary Possibility: A Vertical Prison for Cybercriminals in The Hague
An hourglass-shaped correctional tower sorts inmates by behavioral typology, layering theaters, restaurants, and exhibition spaces above detention zones.
Reverse Prisons: Architecture That Punishes Cybercrime by Restoring Reality
A two-skinned prison for 500 inmates uses multimedia interfaces and gamified social interaction to replace surveillance with self-discipline.
Future Prison: Circular Architecture That Treats Incarceration as a Rehabilitation Loop
A shortlisted competition entry layers private, public, and semi-public zones into a cyber-integrated correctional facility built for reintegration.
Communiversity: Replacing Prison Cells with a Four-Stage Campus for Reintegration
A runner-up entry in Switching Prisons reimagines incarceration as a progressive educational campus spanning cottage, cluster, campus, and community.
01 | Prison: Rethinking Incarceration Through Biophilic and Modular Architecture
A People's Choice Award entry reimagines the prison as a timber-lined rehabilitative landscape balancing security with human dignity.
The Funnel: A Prison Designed Around Rehabilitation, Not Isolation
A phased correctional facility that borrows from kintsugi philosophy to reframe incarceration as a process of repair and reintegration.
Reframing the Prison: Honeycomb Modules That Replace Cells with Houses
A shortlisted entry for Switching Prisons reimagines justice architecture through house-shaped modules arranged in a honeycomb collective.
Human Factory: A Prison Designed to Produce Citizens, Not Repeat Offenders
A shortlisted competition entry reimagines incarceration through multi-functional spaces, nature integration, and hacker rehabilitation models.
Screen: A Prison That Reverses the Logic of Digital Isolation
Three architectural stages of filter, reform, and reflect guide inmates from darkness back toward self-awareness and identity.
Green Prison: A Self-Sustaining Mini-Town That Redefines Incarceration
Reinforced concrete, timber screens, and biometric security replace bars and fences in a rehabilitative correctional campus.
Babel Prison: A Cylindrical Tower for Cybercriminal Rehabilitation
Inspired by the Tower of Babel, this high-security facility reimagines correctional architecture for the digital age's newest offenders.
This creates a highly abstract and competitive environment that encourages reward and punishment at the expense of rehabilitation. In a world where we advocate natural light (and ventilation where possible) as good design attributes, this project will struggle to meet this.
District Analysis: University of Gloinen ??? . First main background image, where is this ? Not The Hague !
The integration of some green space would be an asset to this generally well handled scheme. Light and contact with the environment is essential.