Perspecta 54

Atopia: Architecture Beyond Place

Atopia serves as the focal point where architecture critically engages with dominant systems and where its own methods face scrutiny.

A true “no-place,” atopia embodies the spatial outcome of a society seemingly leveled by the overwhelming movement of information and resources. It embodies both a tangible creation and a reflection of mass culture. Similar to the global production and consumption networks that give rise to it, atopia exists s…