What contribution can design make to improving prisons in terms of space, architecture, and inmate flow? This is one of the key questions at the heart of the upcoming seminar at the University of the Republic of San Marino, during which the Master's program in Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry will host representatives from the undergraduate program in Design for a series of presentations that will address the topic from multiple perspectives.
The event will take place both online and in person. from 9:00 am to 6:30 pm on Saturday 12 June, with a break between 13pm and 14pm, at the former Courthouse, in via Salita alla Rocca 44, in the historic centre of Titano.
"The penitentiary institution, while sanctioning the temporary separation of an individual from society, today seeks to reconcile that original fracture," explains Luca Morganti, architect and collaborator at the University of San Marino. "From this perspective, Design must reclaim the social vocation it too often forgets. The social project that, in years past, had deluded us about a better quality of life has, over time, dissolved into the shallows of the market, leaving not only a void in our lives but also abandoning one of its intrinsic characteristics. If, within the scope of research, Design were to return to the social potential that distinguishes it as the most immediate exponent of our 'being in the world,' then it would be possible to entertain the idea of overcoming concentration camps of all kinds."
Curated by Morganti together with Karen Venturini, a professor at the University of San Marino, the seminar will feature academics and experts such as Ferdinando Zanzottera, a professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan; Ernesto Venturini, the World Health Organization's delegate for psychiatry in Brazil; Riccardo Varini, director of the three-year degree program in Design at the University of San Marino; Massimo Renno, president of the Botteghe del Mondo Association for fair trade; and designers Raffaella Brunzin and Tommaso Monaldi.
To request information on participation methods and fees, please contact the email address genni.muccioli@unirsm.sm.
