文档介绍：Intentions in Architectural Design
Quantanomo Bay
Prof. Paul Lukez
For the next seven weeks we will be investigating design issues associated with Quantanomo
Bay in general and more specifically with Camp X-Ray, the detention center. The Quantanomo
Bay Naval Base is located on the south eastern section of the Cuba, and covers 71 Sq. Miles of a
strategically located harbor and surrounding land. There are more then 7,000 people stationed on
the base, 3,000 of which are military staff, the remainder being military staff and families.
The detention center currently houses in excess of 600 prisoners from over 40 countries. They
are identified as “batants” and therefore do not share the legal status and privileges
of prisoners of war. Their future status and rights are not clearly defined, raising important
issues associated with international law and the precedent this may establish for future conflicts.
Our first objective is to learn all that we can about this place, its unique history, its natural /
physical attributes, (topography, ecology, climate, fauna, etc) as well as how the base has been
inhabited over the last 100 years.
Secondly, we will seek to understand more about the prisoners / detainees, their (alleged) crimes,
the process of capture / interrogation / detention, their daily life routines, their rig