SPACES, POETICS and VOIDS is the first volume in a new series from TU Delft called Modi Operadi and aims to become and influential platform for a new generation of architects through its presentation and critical examination of innovative ideas regarding the conception and elaboration of the architectural project.

This publication presents SPACES, POETICS and VOIDS, an award-winning project for a London prison by architect Simone Pizzagalli. The project received top honours from Archiprix International 2011, and is fully detailed here texts, photos, sketches and models.

SPACES, POETICS and VOIDS is the first volume in a new series from TU Delft called Modi Operadi and aims to become and influential platform for a new generation of architects through its presentation and critical examination of innovative ideas regarding the conception and elaboration of the architectural project.

This publication presents SPACES, POETICS and VOIDS, an award-winning project for a London prison by architect Simone Pizzagalli. The project received top honours from Archiprix International 2011, and is fully detailed here texts, photos, sketches and models. The complex urban issues it entails are further investigated and expanded upon by contributors Nicolò Privileggio and Marc Schoonderbeek.