This important move gives the scheme the appearance of an uplifted island or haven punctuated by the vertical elements. Strong central focus created around the vegetation between the blocks/ towers which contrast with the harder/ more regular appearance of the towers adding an organic softness to the project. Humberto Conde, Filipe Ramalho, Joana Alvarez, Sofia PachecoĪn exceptionally well composed and sophisticated project, combining the priorities of rigorous prison programme/planning into an elegant formal solution that both inverts or reverses traditional and ‘idealised’ relationships of the panopticon into variable relationships of interiority (internal to each tower/finger) and exteriority (between each tower and their visual connections). In response to the typical prison system, in that with ‘Galene I’ the prisoners themselves construct the tower, only with the success of their rehabilitation will the tower continue to grow and become increasingly self sustaining which is radically different from any prison on the planet.ĭmitriy Lewicki, Michael Hromek, Jordan SoriotĬhloé Meurillon, Guillaume Ros, Stella Buisan Sang Hoon Oh, Joohoon Kim, Heeyoun Kim, Jung Soo Kim Lea Girault, David Dottelonde, Stéphane Bauche, Wandrille Marchais Tomasz Janus, Pawel Józefowski, Elzbieta Pietraszko, Karolina Studencka Pacific Architectural Competition – Oil Platform Structure New Ocean Platform Prison Architecture Competition, Maritime Design Contest, Building New Ocean Platform Prison : Pacific Design Contest