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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.

architectuur --- overheidsinstellingen --- architecture [discipline] --- Public buildings --- gevangeniswezen --- Prisons --- Conception et construction --- Architecture --- 725.6 --- AiB Estudi d'Arquitectes --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Dungeons --- Gaols --- Penitentiaries --- Correctional institutions --- Imprisonment --- Prison-industrial complex --- Design and construction. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Gevangenissen (architectuur) --- Design and construction --- Centre Penitenciari Mas d'Enric. --- Centro Penitenciario Mas d'Enric --- Mas d'Enric Penitentiary --- Catalonia (Spain). --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Conception et construction. --- Architecture, Primitive