Does the Punishment Fit the Crime?

Diller Scofidio + RenfroTurin, Italy2008Выставки

Although architects have all but boycotted prison design, incarceration undoubtedly remains a spatial issue. The prison isolates the criminal at a safe distance from the public, restricting him or her to a fixed space deemed habitable. Punishment is calculated along a spatial-temporal matrix: the more severe the crime, the more punitive the space of confinement and the longer the prisoner is condemned to occupy it. This formula comes into focus when considering illegal acts that have traditionally been the subject of vigorous ethical debate.

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