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gammija · 10 months ago

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idk i find that a former panopticon prison is the worst thing to turn into an amazon office.

even the idea of a mall is not as bad. but a single large company, esp one known for horrific working conditions and surveillance, choosing to outfit a prison as an office feels grotesque

It's not actually Amazon that repurposed it: according to the wikipedia, a third party did the restructuring with permission from the government - since theyre such unique buildings, all 3 extant panopticon complexes have monument status and need special permission to make changes or renovations to, I suspect that's why they havent even replaced the cell doors - and several companies of varying sizes rent out the spaces, among which, at some point, apparently, Amazon.

(plus a cinema in the basement)

like i said, its a fun visual metaphor and that's why i reblogged it, but in practice i wouldnt mind working there for a different company, honestly

#a mall could never happen due to that needing way too much restructuring of the existing building;#maybe one large warehouse store couldve theoretically taken it but its not near the centre of town #so they would be out of the way and likely unable to pay the expenses due to lack of foot traffic #and large warehouse stores have been struggling to stay open due to online shopping already #office space is practical cause its a lot of small rooms already anyways #they also did some school stuff in there; taught some classes #for college #also from what i can find this prison was not notably worse or better than contemporary dutch ones #(iirc they never built the central tower or broke it down again quickly; also clear cause if it had still been in use #they wouldn't have been allowed to take it down due to that monument status)#so. imo. its fine #joos yaps #ask #anonymous

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