DAY 03 | PROJECT 06
FREEDOM CENTER : A Correctional and Rehabilitation Center
by Enny George
GUIDED by Prof. Ramakrishna Rao
ABSTRACT
In many of us prison generates a deep sense of guilt which derives from the fact of having to inflict a penalty that entails the loss of freedom on those who for some reason have erred. For a long time the subject of penitentiary architecture had been neglected by contemporary architectural culture. Prison is one of the relevant institutions of the modern society. The ‘FREEDOM CENTER’ is developed from the idea that the architectural project when it materialises in a built structure, is always the material expression of an abstract idea and of a specific vision of the world which manifests itself through the architectural consistency of the building and of the built spaces. This thesis is based on the idea that prisons are not to suffer, but to change and to reform and to lead a dignified life after the term.
It aims to providing opportunities for the prison inmates to engage themselves in fruitful pursuits during the term of their sentence and to enhance the employability potential of the prisoners after their release. The objectives expressed through new theoretical developments, represent an ambitious and progressive project aimed at eradicating conservative and
backward ideas regarding the role of prison architecture, and propose a new disciplinary conception of the architectural project, open to the academic and professional world in the attempt to solve and make effective the relationship between architectural design, building practices and management of the penitentiary structure.
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