Switching Prisons
Architectural and spatial explorations of prison design that prioritize rehabilitation, reintegration, and humane confinement.
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.
