Theory
Non-Place
Explore in the Atlas →Marc Augé's anthropological concept for the transient, anonymous spaces of supermodernity — airports, motorways, supermarkets and hotel chains — through which individuals pass in solitary uniformity and which, unlike anthropological 'places', are not invested with identity, relations or history.
Exchange Ephemerality
Details
- Introduced
- 1990s
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Observation
- Subject
- Human centred
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Referenced by
- Junkspace relates to
- Supermodernism extends
- The Generic City relates to
- Marc Augé proposed
Sources
- Marc Augé. Non-Lieux: Introduction à une anthropologie de la surmodernité (Non-Places). Éditions du Seuil, 1992.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Non-Place." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/non-place/. Accessed July 17, 2026.