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Episode 59
26minutes.

Architectures - "La Santé", a Jail in Paris

Synopsis

There is no place here for the architect's imagination or fantasy. The building is a manifestation of social administration.

The La Santé Prison was built in Paris by Emile Vaudremer between 1861 and 1867. It was a model prison, at the forefront of incarceration theory, in which a marked obsession with physical and moral hygiene is evident. This modern prison, equipped with the most advanced equipment of its era, features a dark side of architecture: all pleasure is absent, and efficiency and control reign supreme.

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