Archinect - News2024-12-23T10:59:23-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150439729/cookfox-leads-planned-transformation-of-a-former-prison-into-affordable-housing-in-manhattan
COOKFOX leads planned transformation of a former prison into affordable housing in Manhattan Nathaniel Bahadursingh2024-07-31T19:57:00-04:00>2024-08-01T16:08:26-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/32/324c9272688e7e882931388e15fa0bb9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/622701/new-york-state" target="_blank">New York</a> <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1832066/governor-kathy-hochul" target="_blank">Governor Kathy Hochul</a>'s office has proposed transforming the 100,000-square-foot former Bayview Correctional Facility in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood into <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/110562/affordable-housing" target="_blank">affordable housing</a>. Called Liberty Landing, the scheme is a joint venture between Camber Property Group and Osborne Association, which are pledging $108 million towards the transformation.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/03/03ca66c93fb216c340d71826cc9f9be3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/03/03ca66c93fb216c340d71826cc9f9be3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: COOKFOX</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://archinect.com/cookfox" target="_blank">COOKFOX</a> is leading this <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/10647/adaptive-reuse" target="_blank">adaptive reuse</a> design, which calls for creating 124 permanently affordable housing units and on-site supportive services. The project also features a 9,300-square-foot community facility dedicated to youth-oriented programming, along with a 15-unit, short-term transitional residence to support individuals with mental health needs.<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2f/2fe65ba2a668b3964e6c24c555eaea7f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2f/2fe65ba2a668b3964e6c24c555eaea7f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: COOKFOX</figcaption></figure>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150423438/demolition-work-for-lower-manhattan-s-superjail-is-making-chinatown-residents-terrified
Demolition work for Lower Manhattan's superjail is making Chinatown residents 'terrified' Josh Niland2024-04-09T15:16:00-04:00>2024-04-10T14:51:16-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d8/d8a4a266061d905b48b6107ccdf55f7d.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The demolition of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150182483/nyc-issues-rfq-for-new-municipal-jail-towers" target="_blank">‘The Tombs’ Manhattan Detention Complex</a> to prepare for the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150174335/interrogating-the-impacts-of-nyc-s-rikers-jail-replacement-plan" target="_blank">300-foot ‘Jailscraper’</a> (aka the ‘Chinatown Jail’) in Lower Manhattan is meting out further headaches for residents around the Columbus Park area, the majority of whom are elderly, <a href="https://abc7ny.com/chinatown-jail-site-demolition-building-stability-rikers-island/14517608/" target="_blank">ABC7</a> reported recently.</p>
<p>Cracks and other noticeable damage are now beginning to appear in adjacent structures as the 900-bed behemoth is being taken down in advance of the construction of a controversial new facility that is promoted as being more ‘humane’ than its predecessor and the city’s <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/620487/rikers-island" target="_blank">Rikers Island</a> facility — despite activists’ criticisms.</p>
<p>"We absolutely do not trust Gramercy Group with anything anymore," a member of the group Neighbors United Below Canal told journalists. "They violated the trust of this community. They violated the trust of the building next door. They've cracked their building. There's water seeping into this building as we speak."</p>
<p>In response, Councilmember Christopher Marte has asked the city's Buildin...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150297214/the-italian-state-is-converting-a-notorious-18th-century-prison-into-a-new-cultural-center-in-tuscany
The Italian state is converting a notorious 18th-century prison into a new cultural center in Tuscany Josh Niland2022-02-02T13:04:00-05:00>2022-02-02T17:18:16-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6b/6b3577156fd83b6505a86c641d70a3c8.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The Italian state is spending €70 million ($86 million) to rehabilitate structural remains at Santo Stefano and neighboring coastal sites. At the former, the government is building an open-air museum that will illustrate the site’s dark past, along with gardens and conference rooms that will be used for seminars and events focused on cultural and political themes.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The cultural center will be located inside the site of a former 18th-century prison originally constructed under the reign of King Ferdinand IV in a now <a href="https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/santo-stefano-italy-pay-to-move/index.html" target="_blank">aging village</a> called Santo Stefano. The project is being overseen by the state’s cultural minister Dario Franceschini and mirrors efforts in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150296687/mvrdv-and-ibi-group-among-designers-to-turn-former-marine-corps-base-into-an-expansive-cultural-hub-in-southern-california" target="_blank">America</a> and <a href="https://cbw.ge/business/former-ortachala-prison-turns-into-an-alternative-cultural-space-n12" target="_blank">Georgia</a> to convert sites with less-than-humanistic original purposes into centers of art and culture that make education about the uses (and abuses) of the sites a part of their public program. The Romanesque panopticon was built to allow for <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pa5d9g/what-constant-surveillance-does-to-your-brain" target="_blank">constant monitoring</a> of its inmates known for housing anti-fascists who were exiled there during the Mussolini era. </p>
<p>Another government official <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/26/former-panopticon-prison-on-italian-island-to-be-turned-into-academy-for-europes-future-leadersand-artist-residency" target="_blank">told <em>The Art Newspaper</em></a> that part of the new cultural center will include a "School of High Thoughts, that welcomes all the best training experiences on human rights, the dignity of the person, and justice.” The project is being named after progressive former European Parliament president David Sassoli, ...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150287993/the-debate-around-prison-reuse-swells-as-reform-measures-continue-to-decrease-incarceration-rates-dramatically
The debate around prison reuse swells as reform measures continue to decrease incarceration rates dramatically Josh Niland2021-11-11T12:51:00-05:00>2021-11-11T19:42:58-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/35/35db2f5e568c6d07e6a2f2c6a696f671.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Some prisons have been successfully transformed into whiskey distilleries, youth hostels, museums and boutique hotels. Others have been demolished, sometimes over the objections of local preservationists. But there’s a third option: Carceral sites can be reoriented as places that actively work to undo the damage wrought by mass incarceration.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The movement to design spaces that are actively working to undo some of the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150282990/the-crisis-at-rikers-island-could-spark-a-radical-shift-in-the-way-architects-approach-prison-design" target="_blank">social harms</a> caused by mass incarceration is still fairly nascent, with <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150203459/designing-justice-designing-spaces-unveils-plan-to-re-purpose-atlanta-city-jail-into-center-for-equity" target="_blank">salient projects</a> in Atlanta and other places serving as models that can be applied in the age of bail reform, alternative sentencing, and other measures that have reduced the overall prison population by <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2021-01-25/states-with-the-largest-declines-in-prisoner-populations" target="_blank">up to 42% in certain states</a>.</p>
<p>“Our view is that more architects should instead help those who are formerly incarcerated so they don’t go back to prison, and to support populations who are targeted and at high-risk for incarceration,” DJDS founder Deanna van Buren <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150163426/architect-deanna-van-buren-on-designing-beautiful-spaces-that-amplify-self-care-love-restoration-and-respect" target="_blank">told Archinect’s Antonio Pacheco</a> in a 2019 interview. The impetus should be shifted even further towards designing spaces that alleviate the sources of crime in the mold of DJDS. As Thoreau said: “There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” </p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150274432/construction-of-new-york-city-s-first-borough-based-jail-underway-in-queens
Construction of New York City's first borough-based jail underway in Queens Nathaniel Bahadursingh2021-07-16T17:17:00-04:00>2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cb/cb576fc527de58e4f1f93489e05b6c29.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Construction on NYC's first borough-based jail is officially underway, Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced. Work on the Kew Gardens, Queens facility marks the first major move to build four smaller and "more humane" jails in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens. The $8.3 billion effort comes via the Borough-Based Jails Program, a controversial plan passed by the City Council in October 2019, aimed at closing the 10 jails now in operation on Rikers Island.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The new, approximately 105-foot-tall structure will include a 25,000-square-foot, two-level, multi-purpose community space, along with a 600-car public <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/15119/parking-garage" target="_blank">parking garage</a>. The 866-bed facility will replace the current Queens Detention Complex, which is located adjacent to Queens Borough Hall and the Queens Criminal Courthouse.</p>
<p>The parking garage and community space will feature a partially planted green roof, solar panels, and on-site stormwater retention. This portion of the project is expected to qualify for <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/5824/leed" target="_blank">LEED</a> Gold certification for environmental sustainability. </p>
<p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1508552/nyc-department-of-design-and-construction" target="_blank">NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC)</a> is managing the overall <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1508523/borough-based-jails" target="_blank">Borough-Based Jails</a> program citywide. The Queens <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/10001/jail" target="_blank">jail</a> is being created by a design-build team consisting of <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/57018219/hunter-roberts-construction-group" target="_blank">Hunter Roberts Construction Group</a> and architecture firms <a href="https://archinect.com/Marvel" target="_blank">Marvel</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/19774994/urbahn-architects-pllc" target="_blank">Urbahn Architects</a>. Work on the project is expected to complete in early 2023. </p>
<p>Procurement and early site preparation activities are ongoing for the other three Borough-Based...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150212380/weiss-manfredi-to-repurpose-jail-facility-in-dallas-for-alternative-uses
Weiss/Manfredi to repurpose jail facility in Dallas for alternative uses Antonio Pacheco2020-08-20T15:37:00-04:00>2020-08-20T15:38:06-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/28/28ab28771cf3d58a3228590ebb725f7a.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>New York City-based <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/42675/weiss-manfredi" target="_blank">Weiss/Manfredi</a> and Dallas-based Malone Maxwell Dennehy Architects (MMDA) have been selected by the Trinity Park Conservancy to redesign an existing jail facility in Dallas for alternative uses.</p>
<p>The project comes to the two firms, MMDA will serve as Architect of Record while Weiss/Manfredi works as the design architect, after a lengthy selection process that involved 45 other competitors and a shortlist made up of seven other firms. An announcement highlighting the team's selection explains that the project team will work with the Trinity Park Conservancy to "integrate the building and its surrounding neighborhoods" into Harold Simmons Park, a forthcoming 200-acre park designed by <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/12438/michael-van-valkenburgh-associates-inc" target="_blank">Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates</a> that will eventually connect downtown Dallas to surrounding areas.</p>
<p>“We are inspired by the potential of 106 W Commerce to create a dynamic community destination and gateway to Harold Simmons Park, and are thrilled to begin work with the Trinity Park Con...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150203459/designing-justice-designing-spaces-unveils-plan-to-re-purpose-atlanta-city-jail-into-center-for-equity
Designing Justice + Designing Spaces unveils plan to re-purpose Atlanta city jail into "Center for Equity" Antonio Pacheco2020-06-19T20:32:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e4/e41190089fb3564de3f0d4ceb817b7f0.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Oakland-based architecture and real estate development non-profit Designing Justice + Designing Spaces (<a href="https://designingjustice.org/#:~:text=Designing%20Justice%20%2B%20Designing%20Spaces%20is,designing%20for%20peacemaking%20and%20reparation." target="_blank">DJDS</a>) has unveiled a set of schematic proposals aimed at re-imagining Atlanta’s city jail as a Center for Equity.</p>
<p>The plans follow <a href="https://www.atlantaga.gov/home/showdocument?id=45691" target="_blank">extensive community consultation and design development workshops</a> focused on finding a new use for a 471,000-square-foot jail facility that has been rendered obsolete due to a wave of criminal and law enforcement reforms enacted by Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c7/c7b9c5ed5d995d45bf5d117b8680a990.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c7/c7b9c5ed5d995d45bf5d117b8680a990.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>A proposed "Super Lobby" space will bring a new community space to the neighborhood.</figcaption></figure><p>In an update announcing the latest phase of the project posted to the group's <a href="https://medium.com/@designingjustice/radically-reimagining-atlantas-justice-architecture-71aa643a49ca" target="_blank">Medium</a>, the DJDS explains that "it is important to recognize that despite the end of slavery 'in theory,' the oppression of black communities continued and transformed into new laws and policies forming a new system of enslavement through mass incarceration."</p>
<p>Citing author Michelle Alexander’s 2010 book, <em>The New Jim Crow: Mass Inc...</em></p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150202627/michael-kimmelman-lobbies-aia-to-bar-architects-from-working-on-solitary-confinement-facilities
Michael Kimmelman lobbies AIA to bar architects from working on solitary confinement facilities Antonio Pacheco2020-06-15T13:01:00-04:00>2020-06-19T15:37:05-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/96/96d141d26b898123a6af117a6f455cf6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>But death chambers and many solitary confinement cells — they’re officially called segregation units, not incidentally — are extreme cases. Architects should not contribute their expertise to the most egregious aspects of a system that commits exceptional violence against African-Americans and other minorities.
The least the American Institute of Architects can do now is agree.</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>The New York Times</em> architecture critic <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/15010/michael-kimmelman" target="_blank">Michael Kimmelman</a> has penned a column highlighting the moral implications of having architects design solitary confinement and execution facilities. In the article, Kimmelman explores the American Institute of Architect's reluctance to take a positive stand against having architects design these facilities.</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150201409/designing-justice-designing-spaces-on-unbuilding-racism
Designing Justice + Designing Spaces on "unbuilding racism" Antonio Pacheco2020-06-05T14:47:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/31/311c1d8bf31a098b6829a7c8c076c747.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Community development non-profit <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150078043/designing-justice-designing-spaces" target="_blank">Designing Justice + Designing Spaces</a> (DJDS) has published a vision designed around the idea of "unbuilding racism" in light of the growing movement to abolish police and prisons that has garnered national attention in the wake of the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150200375/aia-noma-and-other-organizations-issue-statements-of-solidarity-with-black-community" target="_blank">anti-racism and policy brutality protests</a> that are currently griping the United States. </p>
<p>Writing in a Medium post, the group, which is led by Deanna Van Buren, explains that they are "grieving for the intolerable and constant deaths of black and brown people at the hands of the police, and all the other lives lost through the impacts of mass incarceration," adding, "This is why we are prison abolitionists."</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/94/9421e89beb3fc903ddc74e5bf26a8657.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/94/9421e89beb3fc903ddc74e5bf26a8657.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Previously on Archinect: "<a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150163426/architect-deanna-van-buren-on-designing-beautiful-spaces-that-amplify-self-care-love-restoration-and-respect" target="_blank">Architect Deanna Van Buren on Designing Beautiful Spaces That 'Amplify Self-Care, Love, Restoration, and Respect'</a>." The Designing Justice + Designing Spaces team with co-founders Kyle Rawlins and Deanna Van Buren third and fourth from the left. Photo by Oretola Thomas.</figcaption></figure><p>Speaking to competing de...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150176028/freezing-prisons-intentional-design-or-unfortunate-oversight
Freezing prisons: intentional design or unfortunate oversight? Katherine Guimapang2019-12-27T18:21:00-05:00>2019-12-27T18:26:55-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fb/fb8ea49fb4af167e363795e220a065da.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In a recent <a href="https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/12/13/21012730/cold-prison-incarcerated-winter" target="_blank">Vox report</a>, writer Roxanna Asagarian delves into the troubling phenomenon of incarcerated individuals struggling to stay warm in their cells as temperatures drop throughout the winter season. Reaction from the public over the issue seems to be split with regards to how this inmate comfort should be handled. </p>
<p>Considering that prisons are often designed with the intention to deprive personal comfort in any sense, the issue of individuals being deprived of warmth isn’t unexpected. </p>
<p>Asagarian reports, "Because the US system of prisons and jails is so vast — including 50 state prison systems, the federal prison system, and <a href="https://web.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/climate-change/holt_-_heat_in_us_prisons_and_jails.pdf" target="_blank">nearly 3,000 jurisdictions</a> that include cities, counties, and Indian reservations — and because there are no federally mandated laws on temperature control, American prisoners are exposed to a wide range of conditions. Even at the state and local levels, there are few laws around this, leaving incarcerated people at the mercy of the courts to implement prot...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150175484/michael-kimmelman-on-the-future-of-jails-in-nyc
Michael Kimmelman on the future of jails in NYC Antonio Pacheco2019-12-19T19:29:00-05:00>2019-12-20T12:32:17-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0d/0dc2a020a598fa88ff250f9a5681d56b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Will New York’s new jails be places where visiting families feel welcome? Will the jails provide space for police officers and medical staff to train together? For detainees to confer with lawyers? For therapeutic assistance and recreation?
Outside as well as inside, will they be scaled to their surroundings, will the city be open to other sites and will the buildings architecturally represent, as borough landmarks, our civic ideals and values?</p></em><br /><br /><p>Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic for <em>The New York Times</em>, provides an spirited overview of the ongoing developments in New York City regarding the planned decommissioning and relocation of the prison facilities located on <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/620487/rikers-island" target="_blank">Rikers Island</a>. The large-scale infrastructure and architecture practice <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/106465/aecom?source=post_page---------------------------" target="_blank">AECOM</a> was <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150174335/interrogating-the-impacts-of-nyc-s-rikers-jail-replacement-plan" target="_blank">recently selected to design four high-rise replacement facilities</a> that are to be located one per borough (except on Staten Island). </p>
<p>Attempting to place architects at the center of the debate, Kimmelman writes, "If we’re going to keep building jails, can new architecture help heal what ails the penal system? Jails are works of architecture, after all." </p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150174335/interrogating-the-impacts-of-nyc-s-rikers-jail-replacement-plan
Interrogating the impacts of NYC’s Rikers jail replacement plan Antonio Pacheco2019-12-12T14:06:00-05:00>2019-12-14T13:09:01-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/29/292bc64fc9c79ec97796a0c21a40ab20.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The height of the new jail towers was later slashed from 45 storeys to a maximum of 29, but the damage had been done. The images of these brutish concrete silos symbolised a rack’em and stack’em approach, attracting criticism from both prison reform advocates and the communities in which these fortified slabs were to be planted.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Writing in The Guardian, critic Oliver Wainwright examines competing visions for the future of New York City’s prisons. </p>
<p>Earlier this year, <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/106465/aecom?source=post_page---------------------------" target="_blank">AECOM</a> was selected to <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150139064/aecom-to-build-rikers-island-replacement-facilities-across-new-york-s-boroughs" target="_blank">envision a dispersed carceral archipelago</a> for the city that would take the place of the sordid Rikers Island prison. The plan has faced strong opposition from groups like <a href="https://www.nonewjails.nyc/background" target="_blank">No New Jails NYC</a> and others who seek to have the city move away from mass incarceration and <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150163426/architect-deanna-van-buren-on-designing-beautiful-spaces-that-amplify-self-care-love-restoration-and-respect" target="_blank">toward alternative forms of justice administration</a>. </p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150159547/private-prisons-including-ice-detention-centers-are-now-illegal-in-california
Private prisons, including ICE detention centers, are now illegal in California Antonio Pacheco2019-09-17T12:33:00-04:00>2019-09-17T12:33:44-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/eb/eb1b7a521c454aeb9b64468db431bdda.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The recently passed <a href="http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB32" target="_blank">AB-32</a> bill in California prevents the state from "entering into or renewing a contract with a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150146143/under-trump-the-private-prison-business-is-booming" target="_blank">private, for-profit prison</a> to incarcerate state prison inmates, but would not prohibit the department from renewing or extending a contract to house state prison inmates in order to comply with any court-ordered population cap," according to the legislative text. </p>
<p>Under the bill, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations will phase-out the department's existing contracts by 2028.The bill, once signed by California Governor Gavin Newson, is set to go into effect on January 1, 2020. </p>
<p><em>The Guardian </em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/12/california-private-prison-ban-immigration-ice" target="_blank">reports</a> that move would close all four of the state's Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers, which are run by private prison company GEO Group. The news comes as debate within the architectural profession intensifies regarding the moral and ethical implications of designing such facilities. The <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150146143/under-trump-the-private-prison-business-is-booming" target="_blank">private prison business is booming under Pres...</a></p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150152187/los-angeles-county-cancels-contract-for-1-7-billion-jail
Los Angeles County cancels contract for $1.7 billion jail Antonio Pacheco2019-08-15T07:00:00-04:00>2019-08-15T01:55:37-04:00
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https://archinect.com/news/article/150147420/american-institute-of-architects-denounces-misuse-of-detention-center-buildings
American Institute of Architects denounces "misuse" of detention center buildings Antonio Pacheco2019-07-22T16:41:00-04:00>2019-07-24T18:57:49-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cd/cd2bfe2e630eb9d1cbb25fd2ea3582b6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The American Institute of Architect (<a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/238/aia" target="_blank">AIA</a>) has issued a <a href="https://www.aia.org/pages/6177506-the-american-institute-of-architects-denou" target="_blank">statement</a> denouncing the inhumane conditions that have been discovered over recent weeks across the country at the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150141059/former-internment-camp-becomes-immigrant-shelter" target="_blank">detention centers</a> where undocumented <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150141059/former-internment-camp-becomes-immigrant-shelter" target="_blank">immigrants</a> and asylum-seekers are being detained.</p>
<p><em>The conditions as described by numerous media reports and congressional fact-finding missions to detention facilities make clear that these buildings are not designed to handle the sheer numbers of people in them nor do they sustain the health, safety, and welfare of their occupants, many of whom are women and children. Above all, the misuse of these buildings and the impact on occupants in them are contrary to our values as architects and as Americans.</em></p>
<p>Pointing to the organization's <a href="https://www.aia.org/pages/3296-code-of-ethics-and-professional-conduct" target="_blank">Code of Ethics</a>, AIA urges that "the built environment promotes and preserves the health, safety, and welfare of every individual, and fosters universal respect for human dignity."</p>
<p>In addition, AIA argues that architects are well-prepared to "promote t...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150146143/under-trump-the-private-prison-business-is-booming
Under Trump, the private prison business is booming Antonio Pacheco2019-07-15T15:55:00-04:00>2019-07-15T17:43:09-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d3/d3b2169c874048851623da2b8fda9bba.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>In the 2018 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 396,448 people were booked into an ICE detention facility, up 22.5% from a year earlier, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Between October and January, apprehensions along the southwest border rose to 201,497, up a third from the same period a year ago.</p></em><br /><br /><p>According to <em>The Wall Street Journal,</em> the private prison business is booming as a result of the hardline immigration policies of President Donald Trump. </p>
<p>Despite the growing controversies surrounding the government's treatment of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1346080/immigrant-detention" target="_blank">detained migrants</a> in increasingly makeshift and <a href="http://Archinect%20News%20Articles%20tagged%20%22prison%20architecture%22%20https://archinect.com/news/tag/462785/prison-architecture" target="_blank">inadequate facilities</a>, the industry's growth is expected to continue. </p>
<p>According to <em>WSJ, </em>in a recent research note surveying the business dealings of private prison companies CoreCivic and GEO Group, investment bank SunTust Robinson Humphrey writes, "We expect criminal alien populations housed by the private sector to increase due to heightened enforcement and increased border apprehensions.” </p>
<p><em>WSJ </em>also writes that over the last year, with new facilities going up from California to Mississippi, private prison companies have fared better financially than many other industries, even amid an overall market rally. <br></p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150141059/former-internment-camp-becomes-immigrant-shelter
Former Internment Camp becomes Immigrant Shelter Antonio Pacheco2019-06-12T14:11:00-04:00>2019-06-13T11:58:31-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/32/3289c7999114b884ddcdfe549186cbb5.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The Trump Administration has opted to use an Army base in Oklahoma to hold growing numbers of immigrant children in its custody after running out of room at government shelters.
Fort Sill, an 150-year-old installation once used as an internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II, has been selected to detain 1,400 children until they can be given to an adult relative, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.</p></em><br /><br /><p>As of April 30, 2019, the department of Health and Human Services has taken 40,900 children seeking <a href="https://archinect.com/features/tag/65483/immigration" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">asylum</a> into custody along the southern border, a 57% increase from 2018, according to <em>Time</em>. </p>
<p>The surge in detainees has overwhelmed existing and new temporary detention facilities in southern border states, so the department has had to make use of a variety of improvised facilities as it undertakes the lengthy, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/us/family-separation-trump-administration.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">disorganized</a>, and laborious process of reuniting these children with their family members. </p>
<p>That includes holding children in a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/us/family-separation-migrant-children-detention.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">repurposed</a> former <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/72/walmart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Walmart</a> superstore in Brownsville, Texas, detaining asylum-seeking families in a makeshift, dirt-floored <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/border-bridge-migrants-detained-camp-el-paso-texas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">outdoor camp</a> located underneath a highway overpass in El Paso, Texas, holding 1,500 migrants in a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/283714/prison" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">private prison</a> in Louisiana known for documented cases of <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/06/ice-is-sending-asylum-seekers-to-the-private-prison-where-mother-jones-exposed-abuse/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inmate abuse</a> and medical neglect, and now, shuttling temporary detainees to Fort Sill, a military base in Oklahoma that was used during World War II as an internment camp for Ja...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150139064/aecom-to-build-rikers-island-replacement-facilities-across-new-york-s-boroughs
AECOM to build Rikers Island replacement facilities across New York's boroughs Antonio Pacheco2019-05-31T09:12:00-04:00>2019-05-30T20:38:03-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/09/0992db1931fd94f9aef3a694cabcf21f.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A joint venture led by global architecture and infrastructure firm <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/106465/aecom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AECOM</a> has been awarded a $107.4 million contract by the <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/53773633/nyc-department-of-design-and-construction" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC)</a> for the development of four new correctional facilities set to replace the existing <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/620487/rikers-island" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rikers Island</a> jail complex.</p>
<p>AECOM will lead the project as part of a joint venture with Philadelphia-based construction management firm <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/22393891/hill-international" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hill International</a>.</p>
<p>The new correctional facilities will be located on sites scattered across the city, with <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/112647/manhattan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Manhattan</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/161/brooklyn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/7905/queens" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Queens</a>, and the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/57151/bronx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bronx</a> each set to receive a new jail. </p>
<p>In a <a href="https://www.aecom.com/press-releases/aecom-led-joint-venture-awarded-notable-design-build-program-contract-for-city-of-new-york/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">press release</a> announcing their selection, AECOM writes, "new, state-of-the-art, borough-based facilities will enable New York City to make considerable improvements for people in detention, their visiting families and NYC Department of Correction employees. Each new facility will integrate health, educational and re-entry programs, as well as community space."</p>
<p>The team selection follows the 2017 decisio...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150119094/how-a-venezuelan-shopping-center-became-a-prison
How a Venezuelan shopping center became a prison Mackenzie Goldberg2019-01-29T14:00:00-05:00>2019-02-04T13:29:57-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/de/de06c700acfe00d71e8cd3c4d3766f9c.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/pilots/el-helicoide?utm_source=Terreform+UR&utm_campaign=390f0adc6e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_10_04_03_16_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c7e60e0271-390f0adc6e-155366129&mc_cid=390f0adc6e&mc_eid=248413979a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">new interactive documentary</a> from the BBC explores the Venezuelan shopping center that became one of the country's most notorious torture centers for political prisoners. Through interviews from ex-detainees, relatives, lawyers and human rights activists, the BBC aims to bring its mysterious history to light.</p>
<p>Designed by Pedro Neuberger, Dirk Bornhorst, and Jorge Romero Gutiérrez—and topped with one of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1243/buckminster-fuller" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buckminster Fuller</a>'s geodesic domes—El Helicoide was intended as the world's first drive-through mall. Conceived at the height of Venezuela's economic growth, the ambitious project promoted a narrative of progress centered around consumerism, car culture, and social mobility. </p>
<p>However, the economic and political upheaval in 1950s Venezuela caused the project to fall apart, halting construction and leaving it empty for many years. Eventually, it was taken over by the government, who used it as a temporary flood shelter before adapting it as the headquarters for Venezuela's intelligenc...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150074902/a-look-at-school-design-leading-students-towards-prison
A look at school design leading students towards prison Hope Daley2018-07-25T16:13:00-04:00>2021-10-12T01:42:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d9/d9caa3377260639a998bf6d79b7bc913.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>In the past — or in schools with higher proportions of white students — a student acting out might garner an intervention by their principal, or a concerned teacher’s phone call to parents. But today, throughout the US, discipline in many schools has become a matter of law enforcement, rather than education. In New York, the majority of school guards — 5,000 School Safety Agents patrolling 2,300 public and private schools — are civilians employed by the School Safety Division of the NYPD.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Out of fearful reaction to school shootings and other <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/79408/safety" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">safety</a> concerns, many <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/281003/learning-environments" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">school environments</a> look and feel like prison to the students attending. Through an extensive background on how <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/201865/school-design" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">school design</a> has gotten to this point, "Where School Meets Prison" examines the impact prison-like design has on students and argues damaging results of higher student arrest rates and discrimination. </p>
<p>With a strong police presence and physical security infrastructure, student Andrea Colon shares how school design can become a pipeline to prison. </p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150070050/the-architecture-lobby-and-adpsr-take-a-stand-against-justice-department-s-zero-tolerance-policy-pressuring-the-aia-to-do-the-same
The Architecture Lobby and ADPSR take a stand against Justice Department's zero-tolerance policy, pressuring the AIA to do the same Archinect2018-06-20T20:33:00-04:00>2019-07-18T16:12:47-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/93/938f52e23b844424247fe07fb1188d7c.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="http://architecture-lobby.org/project/t-a-l-and-adpsr-joint-statement-on-immigration-enforcement-in-the-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Architecture Lobby</a> and <a href="http://adpsr.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility</a> have issued a joint <a href="http://architecture-lobby.org/project/t-a-l-and-adpsr-joint-statement-on-immigration-enforcement-in-the-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">statement</a> condemning the Justice Department's widely criticized<strong> </strong>zero-tolerance immigration enforcement policy that has led to the separation of thousands of children from their parents as families seek asylum at the border.</p>
<p>"It is immoral and inhumane to separate children from their parents, and to use family separation to deter people seeking refuge or asylum. The United States must uphold international and U.S. laws protecting people fleeing violence and persecution," the statement reads.</p>
<p>The two organizations, which work to advance architecture by advocating for social justice reform within the field, are calling on architects, designers, planners and allied professionals to boycott any design work relating to these policies. This includes, as the statement says, walls, checkpoints, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices, detention facilities, processing centers, and ...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150040727/learning-from-rikers-island-the-future-of-carceral-infrastructure-in-new-york-city
Learning from Rikers Island: the future of carceral infrastructure in New York City Alexander Walter2017-12-08T13:36:00-05:00>2017-12-08T13:40:43-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/w3/w3d5t9x2dklic003.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Mayor de Blasio’s recent pledge to close the Rikers Island jail complex within ten years was met with celebration by many — and skepticism by others. After 85 years in the public imagination, it has become hard to believe that the East River behemoth could ever really be slain. But the reality of a post-Rikers future is coming into focus [...]. Rikers is toxic, and its era is done. A change is on the wind, it seems, and the island’s aura of inevitability is finally dispersing.</p></em><br /><br /><p>In their <em>Urban Omnibus</em> essay, "<a href="https://urbanomnibus.net/2017/12/jail-end-jails/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Jail to End All Jails</a>," authors Jarrod Shanahan and Jack Norton take a closer look at the history and a potential future of one of the nation's most notorious prisons and the greater jail infrastructure of a city where the average daily incarcerated population was at 9,400 in 2017.</p>
<p>"Following the recommendation of the Lippman Commission in calling for a system of local jails to replace the central complex, de Blasio has released a plan for Rikers’ closure and sought support from consultants and City Council members in siting new jails or expanding existing borough facilities to accommodate more prisoners. The logic goes that jails in the boroughs will be closer to courts, helping cases move through the system more efficiently, and closer to the support of family and social services, helping prisoners stay out of the system once released."</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/149940472/putting-one-of-america-s-most-notorious-prisons-on-the-map
Putting one of America's most notorious prisons on the map Nicholas Korody2016-04-13T12:34:00-04:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/m6/m6i0sd28weouuoz3.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Rikers Island looms large in New York’s imagination. It is home to a notorious complex of prisons, one whose excesses are still being discovered by the media and the courts. Many would like to see the Rikers Island closed forever, or barring that, to at least change the name to something that does not honor a slaveowner.
One group of designers has a different goal for Rikers Island—one that is within reach and, in fact, already at hand.</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>"The problem: On the most prominent map of New York City, Rikers Island is a nonentity. The island simply isn’t labeled on Metropolitan Transportation Authority maps inside the New York subway. The solution: Label it. On every map."</em></p><p>For more on the <a href="https://seerikers.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#SeeRikers</a> campaign – or to create your own stickers with their <a href="https://seerikersorg.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/see-rikers-layout-share.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">template</a> – visit their <a href="https://seerikers.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a>.</p><p>And check out these links for related content:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149936033/rikers-island-is-an-environmental-and-human-catastrophe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rikers Island is an environmental (and human) catastrophe</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149938277/turning-down-tenants-because-of-criminal-records-may-be-discrimination-says-hud" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Turning down tenants because of criminal records may be discrimination, says HUD</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/139459279/how-one-california-prison-is-betting-on-architecture-to-decrease-recidivism-rates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How one California prison is betting on architecture to decrease recidivism rates</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/131421995/architecture-of-correction-rikers-island" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Architecture of correction: Rikers Island</a></li></ul>
https://archinect.com/news/article/149936033/rikers-island-is-an-environmental-and-human-catastrophe
Rikers Island is an environmental (and human) catastrophe Nicholas Korody2016-03-22T18:23:00-04:00>2016-03-22T18:59:57-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/wk/wkkhv5xmfszg0j9k.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Rikers is built on a landfill. The ground underneath the facilities is unstable and the decomposing garbage emits poisonous methane gas. In addition to extreme heat and poor air quality, flooding and crumbling infrastructure pose a serious threat, especially when superstorms like Hurricane Sandy strike. As the violence and human rights violations worsen, so do the environmental circumstances surrounding Rikers.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The article details flood-risk, extreme heat, a lack of air circulation and other air quality issues among other problems plaguing the prison.</p><p>For related content, check out some of these links:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/139459279/how-one-california-prison-is-betting-on-architecture-to-decrease-recidivism-rates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How one California prison is betting on architecture to decrease recidivism rates</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/131421995/architecture-of-correction-rikers-island" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Architecture of correction: Rikers Island</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/18212/de-constructing-recidivism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">De:constructing Recidivism</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/148979164/what-do-museums-have-in-common-with-prisons-more-than-you-might-think-according-to-artist-andrea-fraser" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What do museums have in common with prisons? More than you might think, according to artist Andrea Fraser</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/120968526/the-nyt-on-prison-architecture-and-ethics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The NYT on prison architecture and ethics</a></li></ul>
https://archinect.com/news/article/140874308/raphael-sperry-president-of-architects-designers-planners-for-social-responsibility-on-the-hauntingly-real-computer-game-prison-architect
Raphael Sperry, President of Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility, on the "hauntingly real" computer game, "Prison Architect" Amelia Taylor-Hochberg2015-11-11T12:45:00-05:00>2015-11-16T00:14:11-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/14/143a872cd5bda83bd004f52154c523ae?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>space and building costs are just as much of guiding principles in designing real prisons as they are in Prison Architect. [...]
"Prisoners themselves are generally not included in the conversation where the prison construction budget is allocated to different priorities, so their needs come last and cell size is generally set at the legal minimum," Sperry said. "The legal standard only bars 'cruel or unusual punishment'—a cell can be punitively small as long as it doesn't cross that limit."</p></em><br /><br /><p>More on the discussion around prison architecture:</p><ul><li><a title="How one California prison is betting on architecture to decrease recidivism rates" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/139459279/how-one-california-prison-is-betting-on-architecture-to-decrease-recidivism-rates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How one California prison is betting on architecture to decrease recidivism rates</a></li><li><a title="Architecture of correction: Rikers Island" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/131421995/architecture-of-correction-rikers-island" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Architecture of correction: Rikers Island</a></li><li><a title="The NYT on prison architecture and ethics" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/120968526/the-nyt-on-prison-architecture-and-ethics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The NYT on prison architecture and ethics</a></li><li><a title="How Prison Architecture Can Transform Inmates' Lives" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/102177822/how-prison-architecture-can-transform-inmates-lives" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Prison Architecture Can Transform Inmates' Lives</a></li><li><a title="ADPSP and the Architecture of Incarceration" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/88686773/adpsp-and-the-architecture-of-incarceration" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ADPSP and the Architecture of Incarceration</a></li></ul>
https://archinect.com/news/article/139459279/how-one-california-prison-is-betting-on-architecture-to-decrease-recidivism-rates
How one California prison is betting on architecture to decrease recidivism rates Amelia Taylor-Hochberg2015-10-21T13:05:00-04:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/rx/rxjpp7rk67ja5va4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>this San Diego County jail, which houses everyone from petty criminals to accused murderers and was once known for its sickening decrepitude, is at the forefront of a new and, of course, controversial movement in prison design, one that manifests a counterintuitive idea: You could build a lockup so pleasant and thoughtfully devised that inmates would never come back. [...]
Welcome to Las Colinas Women’s Detention and Re-entry Facility.</p></em><br /><br /><p>More on prison design from Archinect:</p><ul><li><a title="Architecture of correction: Rikers Island" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/131421995/architecture-of-correction-rikers-island" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Architecture of correction: Rikers Island</a></li><li><a title="The NYT on prison architecture and ethics" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/120968526/the-nyt-on-prison-architecture-and-ethics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The NYT on prison architecture and ethics</a></li><li><a title="How Prison Architecture Can Transform Inmates' Lives" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/102177822/how-prison-architecture-can-transform-inmates-lives" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Prison Architecture Can Transform Inmates' Lives</a></li><li><a title="ADPSP and the Architecture of Incarceration" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/88686773/adpsp-and-the-architecture-of-incarceration" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ADPSP and the Architecture of Incarceration</a></li><li><a title="Prison design faces judgment" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/81071148/prison-design-faces-judgment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prison design faces judgment</a></li></ul>
https://archinect.com/news/article/131421995/architecture-of-correction-rikers-island
Architecture of correction: Rikers Island Alexander Walter2015-07-08T18:00:00-04:00>2015-07-11T21:37:07-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/61/61ik3ebjz934c605.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>As long as the City of New York has owned Rikers Island, since the 1880s, it has been a place for the unwanted. For a time, pigs were raised for slaughter there. [...] was converted to a partial landfill, full of horse manure and garbage. The odor repelled its neighbors in the boroughs, and the refuse attracted a sizable rat population, which the city tried to contain by releasing wild dogs. [...] It took poison gas to kill off the rodents. Next the city moved humans to Rikers.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Related:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/120968526/the-nyt-on-prison-architecture-and-ethics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The NYT on prison architecture and ethics</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/126676802/from-a-clean-version-of-hell-to-blabaerskog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">From a "clean version of hell" to blabaerskog</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/102177822/how-prison-architecture-can-transform-inmates-lives" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Prison Architecture Can Transform Inmates' Lives</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/79933910/should-architects-design-for-solitary-confinement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Should Architects Design for Solitary Confinement?</a></li></ul>
https://archinect.com/news/article/126676802/from-a-clean-version-of-hell-to-blabaerskog
From a "clean version of hell" to blabaerskog Nam Henderson2015-05-03T23:01:00-04:00>2015-05-03T23:02:10-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/la/la613uw8bpsqm9rb.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>On any given day, there are 80,000 U.S. prisoners in solitary confinement...has led some prisoners into a profound level of what might be called ‘ontological insecurity'</p></em><br /><br /><p>About a month ago the NYT published two pieces exploring two variants of the architecture of incarceration. The first essay, examined the stark conditions of United States’ only federal supermax facility. The second, explored <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/29/magazine/the-radical-humaneness-of-norways-halden-prison.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Radical Humaneness of Norway’s Halden Prison</a>, designed by <a href="http://www.ema.dk/halden_faengsel_oestfold_norge/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Erik Møller Arkitekter</a><strong>.</strong></p><p>Previously; <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/120968526/the-nyt-on-prison-architecture-and-ethics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The NYT on prison architecture and ethics</a> and <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/102177822/how-prison-architecture-can-transform-inmates-lives" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pacific Standard on How Prison Architecture Can Transform Inmates' Lives</a></p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/120968526/the-nyt-on-prison-architecture-and-ethics
The NYT on prison architecture and ethics Alexander Walter2015-02-17T13:34:00-05:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/kk/kkoi14pwl1ut49qt.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Faced with lawsuits and a growing mountain of damning research, New York City officials decided last month to ban solitary confinement for prison inmates 21 and younger. Just a few weeks earlier, the American Institute of Architects rejected a petition to censure members who design solitary-confinement cells and death chambers. [...]
What are the ethical boundaries for architecture?</p></em><br /><br /><p>Previously:</p><ul><li><p><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/79933910/should-architects-design-for-solitary-confinement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Should Architects Design for Solitary Confinement?</a></p></li><li><p><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/88686773/adpsp-and-the-architecture-of-incarceration" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ADPSP and the Architecture of Incarceration</a></p></li><li><p><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/81071148/prison-design-faces-judgment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prison design faces judgment</a></p></li></ul>
https://archinect.com/news/article/102177822/how-prison-architecture-can-transform-inmates-lives
How Prison Architecture Can Transform Inmates' Lives Archinect2014-06-18T16:08:00-04:00>2014-06-23T22:46:32-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e3/e317f4ce549d038b95f1c2ddf1e15edc?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Though many scholars focusing on penitentiaries suspect that staff-prisoner relations are molded by institutional architecture, little empirical work has been completed on the topic. Now, a new study led by Beijersbergen and published in Crime & Delinquency has concluded that building styles, floor plans, and other design features do indeed have a significant impact on the way Dutch prisoners perceive their relationships with prison staff.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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