Elizabeth Nichols awarded 2015 George G. Booth Traveling Fellowship

Elizabeth Nichols awarded 2015 George G. Booth Traveling Fellowship

Elizabeth Nichols (M.Arch.’14) has been named the 2015 George G. Booth Traveling Fellow. According to the jury (Professor and Chair of Architecture Sharon Haar, Associate Professor Matias del Campo, and Assistant Professor Amy Kulper) Nichols’ project, titled “Architecture as Subject-Maker: The Case of the Prison,” posits the prison typology as the space where architecture, for better or worse, most realizes its capacity to construct subjects. 

Nichols will use prisons as a lens to explore the following architectural themes related to subject formation: (1) sanitation, (2) observation and (3) security. Beginning in England, the birthplace of the modern penal institution, Nichols will travel through France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, visiting and researching one “primary” prison per country. Each “primary” prison in the proposal will exemplify a particular penal typology. With her findings, Nichols proposes to produce a graphically rich publication that allows one to compare penal institutions across time and space in architectural terms. She will produce a small format publication and large format drawings in addition to her travel blog.

For more information about Elizabeth Nichols’ proposal, previous winners and eligibility for application, please visit the George G. Booth Traveling Fellowship page.