Court buildings

[Steve]

Why are court buildings often (always?) built on 45 degree sloping plinths?

 

[Richardp]

Mabe to do with the cell's under the court building?

 

[JohnD]

Is your premise correct?

Snaresbrook isn't on a plinth. It was built as an orphanage, then became a sort of school before becoming a court.

 

[Richardp]

maybe if it had been built as a court it would have had the plinth? and, when something is ''thrown out of court'' it needs some place to be thrown know what I mean arry?

 

[Trazor]

Probably for aesthetic reasons, much more pleasing to the eye than a vertical wall.

Certainly not costs, a slope will be more expensive to build.

 

[ellal]

Why are court buildings often (always?) built on 45 degree sloping plinths?

The slippery slope of justice?...

 

[wanabechippie]

Have you noticed it on the newer (within last 20years) court buildings? Remember reading a piece ages ago about measures to minimise damage from parcel/bag bombs planted by IRA and others to disrupt certain court hearings.

I'd guess a 45deg slope could both prevent a bomb being placed tight against the wall as well as divert some of the blast upwards??

 

[JohnD]

I was working in London when the IRA bombed the Old Bailey. Very old building.

I was on night shift and walked over during my lunch break.

There was a pile of rubble where a building had collapsed and was being loaded onto tipper trucks.

The newer Court buildings look a lot more bomb-resistant.

 

[Thermo]

I can remeber doing the surveying on court house down in sussex. lots of intresting little quirky secuirty design features on that, although it didnt have the raised area you talked about. Could possibly be to stop the building being rammed by a vehicle to stop an escape attempt.

 

[Moz]

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[markie]

This topic about court buildingswas posted awhile back if i'm not mistaken.

 

[Moz]

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[Steve]

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