Article source: A i B arquitectes + Estudi PSP Arquitectura
The prison is an uncomfortable institution and its architecture is often subjugated to technocratic criteria. This servility forces the prison out of the sociocultural realm where it belongs, thus erasing it from public discourse. The invisibility of the penitentiary as an institution demonstrates an unresolved contradiction underlying contemporary society. We intend to explore this contradiction through architecture.
Aerial view : Image courtesy A i B arquitectes + Estudi PSP Arquitectura
- Architects: A i B arquitectes + Estudi PSP Arquitectura
- Project: Mas d’Enric Penitentiary
- Location: Paratge Mas d’Enric, 43764 El Catllar, Catalonia, Spain
- Developer: Generalitat de Catalunya, Justice Department
- Concessionaire: Superficiària CP Mas d’Enric
- Construction Company: COMSA-EMTE
- Surface Area: 74.130 sqm (built) + 130.163 sqm (landscape and infrastructure)
- Budget: 113.830.553 €
- Construction: Desembre 2009-Abril 2012
- Lead Architects: Roger Paez i Blanch (A i B estudi d’arquitectes SLP), Joan Maria Pascual i Cañellas (Estudi PSP Arquitectura SCP)
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