Storstrøm Prison

Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod

STORSTRØM PRISON

C.F. Møller

ARCHITECTS
C.F. Møller

CONSULTANTS
Crecea, Aggebo&henriksen

MANUFACTURERS
Randers Tegl, Solar Light, Lumitech, Schuco

LANDSCAPE
Levinsen Landskab Aps

CLIENT
The Danish Prison and Probation Service

ENGINEER
Rambøll

PHOTOGRAPHS
Torben Eskerod

AREA
32000 m²

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Denmark

CATEGORY
Security

Text description provided by architect.

Storstrøm Prison will be the setting for the world's most humane and resocializing closed prison, with architecture which supports the inmates’ mental and physical well-being and also ensures a secure and pleasant workplace for employees.

Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod

One of the project’s major architectural challenges is for the high-security prison, which can accommodate around 250 inmates, to be less institutionalised.

The overall architectural approach is to create a building on the same scale and with the same structure as, including streets and squares.

Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod

This will ensure a familiar and varied experience of the prison environment and keep the prison’s institutional atmosphere to a minimum.

The townlike structure also resembles the surrounding villages, and is thus a natural element of the landscape.

Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod

To create further variation, facades and roof ridges are angular in different ways and the facade materials alternate between light-coloured bricks and a combination of concrete and galvanised steel – all durable materials which weather beautifully and do not need much maintenance.

The cells are gathered in units comprising four to seven cells, placed around a social hub. 

The units have access to a living room area and a shared kitchen, where the inmates prepare their own meals.

Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod

The living room areas are decorated in colours which are less institutional, just as structurally-integrated art and artworks created especially for the prison can be found throughout the prison.

Daylight is important for people’s well-being and each cell has daylight flowing in from two windows, from where the inmates also have views of the surrounding landscape and the sky.

Physical activity is also important for the inmates’ mental social welfare, and both indoors and outdoors, there are opportunities for sport, games and physical exercise.

Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod


Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod
Storstrøm Prison
© Torben Eskerod


Storstrøm Prison
Gateaway Building Ground Floor
Storstrøm Prison
Staff Building Ground Floor
Storstrøm Prison
Workshop Building Ground Floor
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Visitors Building Ground Floor
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Standard Wing 1st Floor Plan
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Standar Wing Ground Floor


Storstrøm Prison
Activity Building Ground Floor


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Activity Building Elevation
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Workshop Building Elevation
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Standar Wing Elevation


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Cell Plan
Storstrøm Prison
Cell Axonometric