New photos show Danish studios Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Friis & Moltke's Corten-clad prison overlooking a fjord in Greenland's capital Nuuk.
The facility, called Anstalten, is the first high-security prison in Greenland, which previously relocated all of those sentenced for serious crimes to Denmark.
Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Friis & Moltke completed the prison in Nuuk
These relocated inmates will now be given the option to transfer back to Greenland and serve their sentence closer to home.
Designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Friis & Moltke to be a "small village", the Anstalten complex was completed in 2019. It comprises roughly 8,000 square metres of units for 76 inmates alongside workspaces, educational and sports spaces, a library, health centre and chapel. The buildings are partly clad in weathering steel
"This 'humane facility' concept mimics the rhythm and structure of everyday life," said the architects.
Forty of the prison's cells are "closed" and 36 are "open", in accordance with Greenland's prison system that allows inmates to continue to interact with their communities, to visit family and work.
The complex is designed to create a connection to nature for inmates
Situated between the base of a mountainous landscape and the Nuuk Kangerlua fjord, the Anstalten prison was designed to "blend seamlessly" with its surroundings and create a connection to nature for inmates.
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