Mount Eden Corrections Facility, Auckland
The new Mount Eden Prison will incorporate the best of modern prison features and environmentally sustainable design while safeguarding an important landmark.
The small site presented the planners and architects with several safety challenges. The design ensures a good fit with the surrounding building, minimising the impact of two eight-storey structures on neighbours and views of Mount Eden.
An innovative twin-skin cladding system around accommodation buildings will provide the level of security and privacy required while at the same time giving the appearance of commercial buildings. Glass and louvered exterior cladding will wrap around an inner, secure, concrete exterior and ensure visual screening of inmates in cells from neighbouring properties.
Preserving the Mount Eden building heritage features will be a key part of the project.
