Critical Prison Design

Mas d’Enric Penitentiary

Roger Paez i Blanch, AiB arquitectes, Estudi PSP Arquitectura (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

246 Seiten

2015 | English
Actar Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-9893317-7-7 (ISBN)

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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.

Roger Paez is principal of [AiB], a ten-year-old firm based in Barcelona with parallel operations in Los Angeles and Miami. Over the years they have succeeded both professionally and academically in the practice of Advanced Architectural Design. In ten years they have developed over 250 projects and proposals, mostly for public clients. Their extensive professional experience ranges from public facilities, to housing, town planning and landscape. [AiB] is a platform devoted to contemporary architectural practice with a critical edge. It provides professional services in Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Design. [AiB] specializes in Design and Coordination; carrying out the whole array of architectural work from conceptualization to construction; and its members actively pursue Cultural and Academic endeavors.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.1.2015
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 206 mm
Gewicht	531 g
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	0-9893317-7-6 / 0989331776
ISBN-13	978-0-9893317-7-7 / 9780989331777
Zustand	Neuware