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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Critical Prison Design: Mas d'Enric Penitentiary by Aib Arquitectes + Estudi PSP Arquitectura

Critical Prison Design: Mas d'Enric Penitentiary by Aib Arquitectes + Estudi PSP Arquitectura

Paez, Roger
Devesa, Ricardo

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ArchitectsGeneral ArchitectureRegional Architecture

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ISBN10: 0989331776
ISBN13: 9780989331777
Publisher: Actar D
Published: Dec 1 2014
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.70
Language: English
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.

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