First Place
2010 Skyscraper Competition
Chow Khoon Toong, Ong Tien Yee, Beh Ssi Cze
Malaysia
Some studies reveal that post-release offenses are very high and that criminal’s imprisonment is just a temporal solution because they do not have the opportunity to rehabilitate in a desirable community.
This project examines the possibility of creating a vertical prison in the sky where inmates will have to work and live in a community that will contribute to the host city below. The prison will have agricultural fields, factories, and recyclable plants that will be operated by the offenders as a way to give back to the community. They will live “free” until they have completed their sentence and are prepared to rejoin their communities.
The vertical prison has its own transportation system which consists of different “pods” for officers, prisoners, firefighters, and other workers.
Well done~! proud of you guys~! congratulation!
[...] více na eVolo [...]
really? have we come this far?
very nice guys..
[...] Prisión vertical, de tres diseñadores [...]
your architecture had shown compassion, love, and hope,
not just graphical aesthetics or strategies…
im proud that u have shared this project with the world.
your project once more taught me what makes a good architecture.
I have a hard time imagining that long term prisoners will follow the rules and contribute. More likely, this will lead to higher exploitation of sub-alphas.
vertical? the only vertical system is the transportation getting to “still on horizontal shape prison that floating in the sky”… the only great thing is…. how you guys trying to create a space that allowed prisoner to live like one bellow… hmmm…
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i think too expansive just for prison…why not for residental…now is over population…
Looks a bit of a mess if you ask me. I agree with the previous comment that the only vertical element is the transport getting to the prison.
I am puzzled as at how this is an improvement on an urban environment. I would think that the area immediately below the elevated mass would not be a very desirable place to live/work with a prison directly above which makes you ask – ‘What is the point?’
Poor choice for 1st place.
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[...] Vertical prison of the future! Wow!! A group of Malaysian architecture students have designed this amazing prison in the sky, and been awarded first place in evolo’s 2010 Skyscraper Competition. Their design makes room for a community garden, factories, and an integrated transport network, to help rehabilitate prisoners and prevent them from re-offending after they’re released. Read more here. [...]
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[...] (Credit: Chow Khoon Toong, Ong Tien Yee, Beh Ssi Cze) [...]
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