Author Description

"This publication is an introduction to 'Closed Architecture', the 2004 graduation project of Freedom Party MP Fleur Agema. The project comprises a sketch for a new prison model, which she has developed during her Master's degree in Interior Design at the Utrecht School of the Arts. Visual artist Jonas Staal expanded Agema's sketches into a fully developed model, which visualizes her thoughts in detail, and thereby offers new insight into her ideas and concepts. Several architects and designers have assisted Staal during his research, which has resulted in a number of digital renderings and a scale model. In his introduction, Staal offers insight into Agema's development as architect and politician. Moreover, he investigates the extent to which her architectonic work exerts an influence on current government policies and hence the organization of our present society."--Publisher's website.