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Heterotopia And The City
Heterotopia literally meaning 'other place' is a rich concept in urban design that describes a space that is on the margins of ordered or civil society and one that possesses multiple fragmented or even incompatible meanings. The term has had an impact on architectural and urban theory since it was coined by Foucault in the late 1960s but it has remained a source of confusion and debate since. Heterotopia and the City seeks to clarify this concept and investigates the heterotopias which exist throughout our contemporary world: in museums theme parks malls holiday resorts gated communities wellness hotels and festival markets. With theoretical contributions on the concept of heterotopia including a new translation of Foucault's influential 1967 text Of Other Space and essays by well-known
scholars the book comprises a series of critical case studies from Beaubourg to Bilbao which probe a range of (post)urban transformations and which redirect the debate on the privatization of public space. Wastelands and terrains vagues are studied in detail in a section on urban activism and transgression and the reader gets a glimpse of the extremes of our dualized postcivil condition through case studies on Jakarta Dubai and Kinshasa. Heterotopia and the City provides a collective effort to reposition heterotopia as a crucial concept for contemporary urban theory. The book will be of interest to all those wishing to understand the city in the emerging postcivil society and post-historical era. Planners architects cultural theorists urbanists and academics will find this a valuable
contribution to current critical argument.
scholars the book comprises a series of critical case studies from Beaubourg to Bilbao which probe a range of (post)urban transformations and which redirect the debate on the privatization of public space. Wastelands and terrains vagues are studied in detail in a section on urban activism and transgression and the reader gets a glimpse of the extremes of our dualized postcivil condition through case studies on Jakarta Dubai and Kinshasa. Heterotopia and the City provides a collective effort to reposition heterotopia as a crucial concept for contemporary urban theory. The book will be of interest to all those wishing to understand the city in the emerging postcivil society and post-historical era. Planners architects cultural theorists urbanists and academics will find this a valuable
contribution to current critical argument.
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