Study on the Specificity of Modern Prison Building Design

Abstract:

Prison building is a most important part (hardware) of prison management system. It plays a significant role in the development of prison. Architectural design of prison is a multi-field and multi-subject research topic. China’s researches on this area, which is lack of independent and mature theoretical system, fall behind western countries’. Our architectural design and construction of prison are advancing in the dark. This thesis tries to propose the author’s ideas and suggestions based on the design specificity and management mode of China’s prison. The author hopes to set up the principles and methods of architectural design of prison and provide theoretical suggestions for the design and research of prison buildings in the future.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 584-586)
• Pages: 84-89
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.584-586.84
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: Yi Kun Song*
• Keywords: Architectural Design, Modern, Prison Building, Specificity

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