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dc.contributor.authorMunoz, Abigail
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-09T21:43:13Z
dc.date.available2022-08-09T21:43:13Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10652/5748
dc.description.abstractRESEARCH QUESTION How can architecture encourage the rehabilitation and reintegration of women suffering from drug use and dependence in poor urban communities? ABSTRACT The Philippines is experiencing an epidemic of mass incarceration. One significant factor contributing to this increase is their ongoing war on drugs. While women remain a minority in the prison system, the gendered aspects of this issue require special attention. Women involved with illegal drugs face numerous stigmas and discrimination due to the moral perception associated with drugs. They are imprisoned in ill-equipped facilities that do not meet their gender-specific needs, thereby increasing their vulnerability to violence, abuse, and health issues. These issues may have an adverse effect on women's ability to access services and successfully reintegrate into society. Additionally, society chastised women for forsaking their traditional gendered roles as passive, private individuals. Along with being stigmatised, having a criminal record makes finding opportunities more difficult once they are released. As a result, women's incarceration has the potential to have a devastating effect on their families and communities. While the penal system professes to prepare individuals for reintegration into their communities, society must be sensitised to accept persons deprived of liberty upon their return. This research addresses the unique needs and vulnerabilities of a historically marginalised group in the Philippines and catalyses reforming the system of women’s rehabilitation. The aim is to develop an alternative architectural approach to addressing the inhumane and unequal treatment of women suffering from drug addiction in a poor urban community. The project ultimately proposes a community-based treatment facility in one of Manila’s most deprived urban environment. A community-based treatment centre that interacts with its surroundings and fosters safe treatment and reintegration for women. SITE: Tondo Manila (Philippines)en_NZ
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.rightsAll rights reserveden_NZ
dc.subjectTondo Manila (Philippines)en_NZ
dc.subjectManila (Philippines)en_NZ
dc.subjectPhilippinesen_NZ
dc.subjectwomen prisonersen_NZ
dc.subjectwomen drug addictsen_NZ
dc.subjectwomen drug dealersen_NZ
dc.subjectrehabilitation centre designen_NZ
dc.subjectarchitecture for rehabilitation of prisonersen_NZ
dc.subjectreintegrationen_NZ
dc.subjectprisonersen_NZ
dc.titleNot another prison: Towards a community-based treatment centre for women in the Philippinesen_NZ
dc.typeMasters Thesisen_NZ
dc.rights.holderAuthoren_NZ
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture (Professional)en_NZ
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorUnitec Institute of Technologyen_NZ
dc.subject.marsden120101 Architectural Designen_NZ
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationMunoz, A. (2021). Not another prison: Towards a community-based treatment centre for women in the Philippines. (Unpublished document submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture (Professional)). Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand. https://hdl.handle.net/10652/5748en
unitec.pages109en_NZ
dc.contributor.affiliationUnitec Institute of Technologyen_NZ
unitec.publication.placeNew Zealanden_NZ
unitec.advisor.principalBudgett, Jeanette
unitec.advisor.associatedPretty, Annabel
unitec.institution.studyareaArchitectureen_NZ


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