Through the Lens: When Hollywood Designs Prisons

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The architecture of containment is a fascinating area. The spartan utilitarian spaces of prisons are among the most highly considered, sophisticated and expensive there are. It’s unusual for designers to create spaces for people who experience it against their will (well, mostly) and it is a tricky balance between creating sensitive, positive places for rehabilitation and community expectations about what punishment should look like. There are different approaches around the world: the US take a particular stance; the Norwegians have another. Hollywood, of course, has its own interpretation. And it is not concerned by such trivialities as the Geneva Convention.

A still from Fortress. Image © Davis Entertainment & Village Roadshow
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Cite: Charlotte Neilson. "Through the Lens: When Hollywood Designs Prisons" 09 Feb 2015. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/597008/through-the-lens-when-hollywood-designs-prisons> ISSN 0719-8884

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