Tasmania
The Southern Remand Centre (SRC) enables the State Government to work towards Tasmania’s compliance with UN minimum standards for sentenced and unsentenced offenders. For the first time remandees are housed separately from sentenced offenders, optimising service delivery by the Tasmania Prison Service.
Creating a new benchmark in correctional infrastructure in Tasmania, SRC provides a calm and safe working environment for staff and accommodation for remandees. The design harnesses natural light, provides connection to landscape, good acoustics and uses an inviting palette of colours and materials to create a calm, rehabilitative environment, whilst maintaining strict security and safety requirements.
SRC provides an open communal living environment with easy access to physical exercise and recreational activities, and controlled access to video conferencing technology for direct contact with family, friends and counsellors.
SRC successfully delivers a humane and inclusive prison, where a nurturing, rehabilitative environment provides dignity to those transitioning through the facility.
Feedback has been very positive, the open spaces, generous cells and contemporary architecture have had a positive influence on behaviour.
It is significantly different to the rest of Risdon Prison. Different cohorts will sit and eat their meal together in a pleasant, communal environment.
With open spaces in the outside common areas, remandees will have a BBQ together, and at times had Pickle Ball competitions with staff, which traditionally would never be heard of.
We have had remandees who historically have been problematic, but since they have been housed in the SRC their behaviour and attitudes have been excellent.
Alex Newman (Xsquared Architects), Design Architect
Anna Labuda (Xsquared Architects), Graduate of Architecture
Kate Morrow (Xsquared Architects), Senior Technician
Kavan Applegate (Guymer Bailey Architects), Correctional Architect
Matt Mappin (Xsquared Architects), Technician
Robert Ford (Xsquared Architects), Project Architect and Technician
Robert Wallis (Guymer Bailey Architects), Project Architect
Arup, JV3 Modelling
Aware 365, Safety in Design Consultant
DDEG, Fire Engineering
Inspiring Place, Landscape Consultant
JMG Engineers, Engineer and Correctional Architect
Matrix Management, Quantity Surveyor
Pitt and Sherry, Building Surveyor
RGC Consulting, FF&E Consultant
Security Consulting Group, Electronic Security Consultant
Tarkarri Engineering, Acoustic Consultant
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
