women’s prison as open architecture at the intersection of nature and heritage
What should be the place for the enforcement of sanctions, which will encourage humanity and the reintegration of protected women into society? The reflection on the modern prison is based on the promotion of social inclusion instead of isolation and thus preparation for freedom. Here, architecture can play a key role only to the extent that it ensures, within the required security requirements, the openness of the design, which enables and encourages communication with the outside space. The concept is developed from three elements: a plinth, which redefines the forecourt of the castle and highlights the castle as a spatial dominant; walls that rise from the plinth and terrace the area into which the new program slats of the shutter are placed; notches at the contact with the existing topography, which illuminate the basement floors, open up views of nature and establish the necessary height of the protective perimeter.
