Critical prison design
Subtitle: Mas d'Enric penitentiary by AiB arquitectes + Estudi PSP Arquitectura
By: Roger Paez
Contributors: AiB Estudi d'Arquitectes; Estudi PSP Arquitectura
Publisher: Actar Publishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780989331777
Subjects: Prisons; Design and construction; Architecture; Moral and ethical aspects; Centre Penitenciari Mas d'Enric
Description: The newly built Mas d'Enric penitentiary sparks a series of reflections on architecture's role in the problematic subject of prison design. The prison is an uncomfortable institution and its architecture is often subjugated to technocratic criteria. This servility forces the prison out of the socio-cultural realm where it belongs, thus erasing it from public discourse. 'Mas d'Enric' is a new penitentiary that overturns preconceptions and posits architecture as a medium to critically rethink contemporary prison buildings. The discussion is enriched by contributions from a number of influential architects and architectural theorists, and is complemented by original work in film, photography, literature, sculpture and visual arts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.