CRM 1301 Lecture 12: THE USE OF ARCHITECTURE AS A FORM OF PUNISHMENT
10 Mar 2017
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The use of architecture as a form of punishment. Main block: top floor was death row, rear portion of the building, 4 floors, narrow, unlit cells, massive stone walls, drum ceilings. Iron-double locked doors on either end: carry sound from one end to the other, hanging chamber on eastern end, last functioning gallows in canada. If you(cid:495)re on that floor: death row was the top floor, you can hear the execution, 23 instead, 30-60 minutes of exercise a day, harm and death was on its way. Illegal hangings: unofficial torture or murder area, 8th floor balcony, crushed floorboards, rope notches on wooden beam, found many bodies in this area, could also just be a coincidence. Idea that even in the one hour of freedom, there walking underneath the gallows and they are constantly reminded of what could possibly happen to them.
