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Definition and implementation of a pilot juvenile detention center in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania

Octavian-Ioan Grigorescu

Author: Octavian-Ioan Grigorescu

Supervisor: Prof. dr. dr. habil. habil. arh. Georgică Mitrache

In collaboration with the National Prison Administration

Faculty: "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture

Architecture has always been an instrument of order, but also of transformation. In Romania, juvenile detention centers are rare and scattered, like islands in the map of education and re-education. Each institution bears the story of rules and social expectations.

The need for reconnection, for controlled freedom and for spaces that support personal transformation is increasingly evident. In this context, architecture can become a meeting point between law and hope, between safety and rediscovery of the self, offering young people the chance to look to the future.

In this project, space becomes the medium through which young people r

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