Sublime Prison

Sublime Prison Concept

A prison concept inspired by Edmund Burke and his philosophical views about the sublime and beautiful. The sublime is something that excites emotions of pain, danger and fear. Burke believed that these emotions were the most powerful a person is able to feel. Translating this to architecture I wanted to utilize some of the sublime principles such as vastness, succession and uniformity, magnitude, and light in my own design.

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Front Elevation

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