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Article 1: Michael Foucault, ‘Of Other Spaces: Utopias and Heterotopias’ The article ‘"Of Other Spaces" (Des espaces autres), also commonly known as "Heterotopia" , was initially a lecture carried by  Michel Foucault  to a group of architects in 1967’. Foucault starts to expand on the idea of  perception  and  emplacement , are the spaces we use  real ? Are they a  concept ?   Michael Foucault (1926-84) was a French historian and a philosopher. Michael Foucault’s work can be considered  ‘ philosophically oriented historical research’  (Iep.utm.edu, 2017)  . He focused on many subjects of life from Psychology, Art and Literature, the science of genealogy to    ‘The Birth of the Prison’.   In the article  “Of Other Spaces: Utopias and Heteretopias”   Foucault talks about the different types of spaces that he sees and he gives us 6 principles regarding these spaces. He explains that  Utopias  and...

From Places to Non-Places Marc Auge explains and defines a place according to it’s relations, identity and history. What has gone on in the timeline of a specific place? Was a place, a ground for religious teachings? Will the  place as one conceNred with Relation, Identity and History. According to Marc Auge, non-places have no identity because they have no history, no relations and no communication between what existed and what is. They are temporary spaces to pass through like an airport, a point between two destinations (two places). It is a utopia, a none-space, it doesn’t exist geographically; an anthropological  He goes on to explain the none-places of supermodernity such as the motorway, the airport, the train station. The non-spaces that get you to places. You go through them, you go by them, they take you to places. They are the in-between of places.  The supermodernity is the excessive use of information and space. ‘ He tells about major chang...

Contested spaces: the problem with modern psychiatric interiors  In this article, Suzie Mckellar gives us an insight of Psychiatric interiors and how they affect the patients. She suggests there is not enough research and attention on how the interiors of such spaces affect patients.  She points out a post-occupancy study in Canada showed patients of depression who had sunny rooms, stayed 2.6 days less, also an Italian study concluded that patients of depression staying in east-faced rooms stayed 3.7 days less than others. This idea supported by  ‘a growing amount of scientific evidence suggests that nature elements or views can be effective as stress-reducing, positive distractions that promote wellness in healthcare environments’  (RS, 1991) .    She also suggests that seating of the patients is very important, if the seating is arranged as if it was our home, it would make the space feel more homely and comfortable, more familiar therefore bet...