Per una nuova relazione tra carcere e città. Il progetto I CARE a Firenze

Many studies prove that prisons influence the urban spaces that host them. However, the relationships between prison-city have limited attention from design disciplines, and therefore, the prison continues to be problematic for the city. In Italy, this subject was at the centre of the reflection of Giovanni Michelucci, who presented the prison as a part of the city. According to this perspective, discussions about the prison can only be understood in relation to the city as a space and place of social coexistence. The paper adopts this perspective and asks whether this relationship can be renewed from an urban planning perspective through the presentation of the project I CARE, developed by the Lab of Critical Planning & Design [DIDA-Unifi] on the territory where the city of Florence's prisons are located.