In the past, Belgium played a pioneering role in prison design. Inspired by developments in foreign countries, a network of cellular prisons was constructed during the course of the 19th century under the impulse of Edouard Ducpétiaux, then first Inspector-General of prisons. Between 1844 and 1919, almost thirty typical “Ducpétiaux”-prisons were built. They included a star-shaped structure of cell wings, radially arranged around a central observation point. It was modeled after the London Pentonville prison, a model institution designed by engineer Joshua Jebb in 1840-1842, which influenced prison design on the European continent during the 19th century. In Belgium as well, Pentonville proved to be the main example - both in terms of design...
The administrative reform plan, drawn up by the Napoleonic government in the first Ninetheen Century...
The aim of thesis is to study the development of the prison between 1791 and 1848. Part One (‘The ph...
La thèse a pour objectif d'étudier l'élaboration de l'espace carcéral de 1791 à 1848 en deux temps. ...
In the past, Belgium played a pioneering role in prison design. Inspired by developments in foreign ...
In the wake of penitentiairy reform in the Western world during the 19th century, Edouard Ducpétiaux...
In the nineteenth century, Belgium attained a solid penitentiary reputation due to the rigorous impl...
In the wake of penitentiary reform in the Western world, Belgium established a network of nearly thi...
In the past, Belgium has played a pioneering role in prison design. Alongside Germany and Italy, the...
In the wake of penitentiary reform in the Western world during the 19th century, a network of cellul...
Nearly thirty new cellular prisons were built in Belgium between 1850 and the First World War. The d...
Prison architecture, even more than other typologies, is strongly connected with the prevailing view...
In 1862 a new prison is built in Ghent, in the neighbourhood of the old provincial jailhous near the...
Introducing the strictly cellular regime after being appointed General Inspector of Prisons in Belgi...
Aboutissement d'un mouvement réformateur initié depuis le milieu du XVIIIe siècle, l'avènement de la...
This article intend to analyse a project for a prison realized in 1838, during the July Monarchy in ...
The administrative reform plan, drawn up by the Napoleonic government in the first Ninetheen Century...
The aim of thesis is to study the development of the prison between 1791 and 1848. Part One (‘The ph...
La thèse a pour objectif d'étudier l'élaboration de l'espace carcéral de 1791 à 1848 en deux temps. ...
In the past, Belgium played a pioneering role in prison design. Inspired by developments in foreign ...
In the wake of penitentiairy reform in the Western world during the 19th century, Edouard Ducpétiaux...
In the nineteenth century, Belgium attained a solid penitentiary reputation due to the rigorous impl...
In the wake of penitentiary reform in the Western world, Belgium established a network of nearly thi...
In the past, Belgium has played a pioneering role in prison design. Alongside Germany and Italy, the...
In the wake of penitentiary reform in the Western world during the 19th century, a network of cellul...
Nearly thirty new cellular prisons were built in Belgium between 1850 and the First World War. The d...
Prison architecture, even more than other typologies, is strongly connected with the prevailing view...
In 1862 a new prison is built in Ghent, in the neighbourhood of the old provincial jailhous near the...
Introducing the strictly cellular regime after being appointed General Inspector of Prisons in Belgi...
Aboutissement d'un mouvement réformateur initié depuis le milieu du XVIIIe siècle, l'avènement de la...
This article intend to analyse a project for a prison realized in 1838, during the July Monarchy in ...
The administrative reform plan, drawn up by the Napoleonic government in the first Ninetheen Century...
The aim of thesis is to study the development of the prison between 1791 and 1848. Part One (‘The ph...
La thèse a pour objectif d'étudier l'élaboration de l'espace carcéral de 1791 à 1848 en deux temps. ...