Enclosurotopias: A Heterotopian Simulation of Reality
Michel Foucault identifies heterotopias as forms of space that exists somewhere between reality and utopia. It’s real but does not serve or correspond to reality. What appears to be real within heterotopias is the notion of signs, a parallel hyperreal world that encompasses the definition of realit...
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Michel Foucault identifies heterotopias as forms of space that exists somewhere between reality and utopia. It’s real but does not serve or correspond to reality. What appears to be real within heterotopias is the notion of signs, a parallel hyperreal world that encompasses the definition of reality to an extent that it has become the actual meaning of being. Gated communities have long been categorized as the places where fragments of utopia and simulation coexist, and where the illusion of safety flourishes in its most vivid forms. This paper attempts to highlight such heterotopian features within gated communities, with an analytical focus on the Fuyunxindu community in the Tiexi district of Shenyang – a highly controlled residential zone that gave rise to the insider/outsider dichotomy. Through this outlook, the reader gets to answer a simple question: What kind of spatial vision do gated communities provide within the urban realm?
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| spelling | doaj-art-795b0a87472c4c5390e5cf81f6ff7bee2025-08-20T03:40:51ZengAlanya ÜniversitesiProceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA3023-70092020-06-013110.38027/N272020ICCAUA316238Enclosurotopias: A Heterotopian Simulation of RealityTaher Abdel-Ghani0Zeinab Tahoon1Faculty of Architecture, Modern Sciences & Arts University, Cairo, EgyptFaculty of Architecture, Modern University for Technology & Information, Cairo, Egypt Michel Foucault identifies heterotopias as forms of space that exists somewhere between reality and utopia. It’s real but does not serve or correspond to reality. What appears to be real within heterotopias is the notion of signs, a parallel hyperreal world that encompasses the definition of reality to an extent that it has become the actual meaning of being. Gated communities have long been categorized as the places where fragments of utopia and simulation coexist, and where the illusion of safety flourishes in its most vivid forms. This paper attempts to highlight such heterotopian features within gated communities, with an analytical focus on the Fuyunxindu community in the Tiexi district of Shenyang – a highly controlled residential zone that gave rise to the insider/outsider dichotomy. Through this outlook, the reader gets to answer a simple question: What kind of spatial vision do gated communities provide within the urban realm? https://journal.iccaua.com/jiccaua/article/view/331Gated CommunitiesHeterotopiasChinese UrbanismNeoliberalismContemporary Urbanization |
| spellingShingle | Taher Abdel-Ghani Zeinab Tahoon Enclosurotopias: A Heterotopian Simulation of Reality Proceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA Gated Communities Heterotopias Chinese Urbanism Neoliberalism Contemporary Urbanization |
| title | Enclosurotopias: A Heterotopian Simulation of Reality |
| title_full | Enclosurotopias: A Heterotopian Simulation of Reality |
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| title_short | Enclosurotopias: A Heterotopian Simulation of Reality |
| title_sort | enclosurotopias a heterotopian simulation of reality |
| topic | Gated Communities Heterotopias Chinese Urbanism Neoliberalism Contemporary Urbanization |
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