Projects

Replacing the prison's gymnasium, this modern, stylishly single structure offers a spacious, light-filled environment for 20 inmates to meet up to three adult visitors each at a time. It also includes a supervision area, four non-contact booths and a chapel, complete with original stained glass windows, that doubles as a space for children during visiting hours.

 

While meeting rigorous requirements for security and safety, the facility is a domestically influenced curvilinear structure, finished in muted tones of mauve, green, cream and turquoise and complemented with Maori motifs and tukutuku panels. It is airy and open to the views of the surrounding countryside, with a temperature-control system that ensures it is warm in winter and cool in the summer months. And the perforated corrugated ceiling cladding absorbs sound, keeping it to a minimum.

 

Being purpose built, it meets a number of specific requirements, such as comprehensive camera surveillance and the ability to watch for and observe inmate and visitor behaviour.