Além dos muros: Ensaio arquitetônico sobre a mulher presa

Abstract

The female prison system in Brazil has had, in the last two decades, a population growth of 676%. This data proves to be critical, since in a universe of socially and nationally abandoned individuals, the women assume once again a secondar y role, having their primar y needs and rights set aside and ignored. In this perspective, this study aims to adapt elements of the existing prison system to the

eyes of architecture, in a way to better provide re- education to the woman imprisoned and her early

integration with the free society. With that goal in mind, a data collection has been done on national and international guidelines on both how to treat minority population and the imprisonment system. Thusly, it was possible to determine the real necessities of the woman imprisoned and the relationship between the individual, the society and the institution. Hencefor th, under the architectural programming approach, activities and spaces were established in qualitative and quantitative values, allowing them to be adapted and inser ted in multiple locations. Lastly, the study concludes with an architecture project, on a primar y level, that applies the concepts and the guidelines proposed for a real Brazilian location.