Advocacy for a Critical Analysis of Prison Architecture

1. Analysing the prison on the basis of its architectural spaceThe aim of this issue is to propose a series of ways to look at the contemporary prison on the basis of its architectural space. Understanding the prison from this angle does not necessarily mean restricting oneself to a purely morpholo...

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Udgivet i:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/champpenal,
Auteurs principaux: Milhaud, Olivier, Scheer, David
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprog:Anglais
Udgivet: Champ pénal/Penal field 2020
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Summary:1. Analysing the prison on the basis of its architectural spaceThe aim of this issue is to propose a series of ways to look at the contemporary prison on the basis of its architectural space. Understanding the prison from this angle does not necessarily mean restricting oneself to a purely morphological approach, of more interest to architects than to the social sciences. Architecture, it is true, can be misleading as it imposes through the strength and evidence of built-up space. This is es...