A PROVINCIAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY - MAIN CAMPUS (INDANG)

Project idea

WITH THE RECENT EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN OUR COUNTRY, CRIME AND CRIMINIAL JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS CAUGHT THE NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION’S ATTENTION. OUR COUNTRY IS BEING CALLED MANY NAMES DUE TO THESE INCIDENTS. ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT HAS LONG BEEN FORMULATING WAYS TO IMPROVE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN OUR COUNTRY, STILL CRIME RATES ARE DRAMATICALLY INCREASING IN SOME PARTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.
IN CONSIDERATION OF THIS, THE ADMINISTRATION VIEWS TO PROVIDE FOR THE COUNTRY A PENITENTIARY FACILITY TO ADDRESS THE SOCIETY’S MANY SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICALFACTORS. ELEMENTS INSIDE THE FACILITY SHALL BE WELL-CONCEPTUALIZED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO LOCAL AND EVEN FOREIGN LAW OFFENDERS.
ONE OF THE PENITENTIARY FACILITY WILL BE DEVELOPED SOMEWHERE IN THE PROVINCE OF CAVITE. THE SAID PENITENTIARY OR CORRECTIONAL SHOULD HOUSE 17,800 INMATES IN DIFFERENT SECURITY CATEGORY. IT SHOULD HAVE AN AMPLE SPACE FOR FUTURE EXPANSION.

Project description

ARCHITECTURE SENDS A SILENT MESSAGE TO EVERYONE WALKING INTO ANY PLACE. IT TELLS YOU WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHERE THE LIMITS OF BEHAVIOUR ARE. CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ARE THE SAME. IN MY VIEW, DESIGN IS CRUCIAL TO CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH PRISONERS CAN LIVE AND NOT BECOME INSTITUTIONALISED. THIS MEANS PROVIDING SPACES FOR STAYING IN CONTACT WITH FAMILIES, WORK, EDUCATION, AND PLAYING SPORT.

THE CONCEPT OF THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ENTITLED “ A PROVINCIAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY” IS A COMBINATION OF BOTH MODERN AND GREEN ARCHITECTURE. A SIMPLE YET MODERN CONCEPT THAT WILL HELP THE FACILITY TO BE MORE FUNCTIONAL AND SECURED, IT WILL ALSO BE BASED UPON NEW AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES OF CONSTRUCTION PARTICULARLY THE USE OF GLASS, STEEL, AND REINFORCED CONCRETE THAT INCLUDES THE IDEA OF FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION. THE FACILITY IS ECO-FRIENDLY AND SUSTAINABLE IN TERMS OF THE EFFICIENT USAGE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND RESOURCES IN THE AREA.

DESIGNING WITH MENTAL HEALTH IN MIND, THIS WILL FOCUSED ON “AIR QUALITY, DAY LIGHTING, AND LIGHTING IN GENERAL.” UNLIKE THE ORIGINAL BUNKER-LIKE MONOLITH, THIS PROPOSED PROVINCIAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IS DESIGNED ON A RADIAL PLAN WITH AN OPEN COURTYARD AT THEIR CENTERS. IT’S ALMOST LIKE A FARM CAMPUS, BIG OPEN SPACES. CLERESTORY WINDOWS, PATTERNED LINOLEUM FLOORS, AND SPLASHES OF LIGHT BLUE CREATE VISUAL INTEREST. THE COMPLEX EVEN FEATURES HEALING GARDENS. RETHINKING INCARCERATION AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REHABILITATION RATHER THAN PUNISHMENT.

Technical information

• CREATING A FACILITY TO TURN CRIMINALS INTO REGULAR CITIZENS, FINDING THEIR PLACE IN SOCIETY, NOT TO CREATE MORE REDEFENDERS, TO PROMOTE POSITIVE CHAGES TO THE PHILIPPINE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
• BE BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF CHANGE AND IMPROVEMENT, WITH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT CONVEYING THE MESSAGE THAT INCARCERATED PEOPLE ARE WORTH SOMETHING, AND THAT THEY CAN BE TRUSTED TO TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES FROM A CRIMINAL PAST TO A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE FUTURE IF PROVIDED WITH THE SOCIAL SKILLS AND COGNITIVE TOOLS NECESSARY TO SUCCEED.
• CREATING AN ECO-FRIENDLY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WHICH MAXIMIZES THE USE OF NATURAL LIGHTING, VENTILATION, GREENERIES, AND OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY AND RESOURCES WITHIN AREA.