Re{NEW} Oil Station -[AC-CA] competition - is an attempt to combine a social attempt like the "Reforming Movement" to redefine prison's role as reforming inmates into citizens, by providing education, work, and counseling. Considering Architecture as a major component of transforming spaces (in this case prison), by providing more daylight and a less oppressive atmosphere, in operation to adequately meet basic needs of hygiene and safety.
United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, helps us to recognize many basic human rights of prisoners and reflect on them during the design, trying to make the building less intimidating by providing cycles for rehabilitation, learning, socialization, and activity.
The formation of this prison cycle is based on three bases, Imprisonment, Sustainability, and Rehabilitation. The main concepts consider the main prison building, the biofuel production plant, and the Replenishment Oilers and Cargo Ships.
First loop (Persuasion vs. Punishment) describes the liberty of people which is followed by their behavior during imprisonment. Second loop illustrates the energy consumption while making it sustainable in the same cycle. Third loop represents people connected to the main cycle, who are part of a united society. The variation comes from the responsibility due to their liberty and connection with the society, ranging from prison (symbol of imprisonment) to city (symbol of relief). As it's shown, layers are cycling individually, while their radial connection is meant to complete the three cycles working altogether.
In collaboration with CAAT Studio
