Theory
Heterotopia
Explore in the Atlas →Michel Foucault's concept of 'other spaces' — real, bounded sites such as cemeteries, gardens, prisons, ships and museums that exist within a culture yet invert, contest or juxtapose the ordinary spaces around them, functioning as counter-sites where multiple incompatible orders coexist.
Power Ritual
Details
- Introduced
- 1960s
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Reason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Referenced by
- Defensible Space relates to
- Michel Foucault proposed
- Imaginative Geographies relates to
- Michel Foucault developed
Sources
- Michel Foucault. Des espaces autres (Of Other Spaces). Architecture, Mouvement, Continuité (lecture delivered 1967), 1984.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Heterotopia." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/heterotopia/. Accessed July 17, 2026.