ABSTRACT
The architecture and design of justice buildings, such as courthouses and correctional facilities, have long represented the ideals of justice philosophies. With each evolution of social understandings of justice and offending, the design of justice buildings has also changed. The increasing use of restorative justice raises questions about how the design of spaces in which justice occurs can better reflect restorative values such as respect, healing, and transformation, and there is growing interest and collaboration among restorative justice practitioners, architects, and landscape architects to design such restorative spaces. This chapter presents preliminary principles for the design of spaces informed by the restorative justice philosophy and used to facilitate restorative justice practices. These principles emerge following an examination of the values manifested in existing justice architecture and natural landscapes, and draw on research findings regarding the impact of environmental design on health and well-being. The chapter includes examples of real-world architecture and landscape architecture projects that either directly use restorative justice values and principles in the creation of the environment or offer insight into the design of spaces informed by restorative justice.
