Rereading the concept of heterotopia in Shahzadeh Mahan garden

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Sara Tadayyon Saeedi ¹ , Sahar Toofan ²

1 - Ph. D student of landscape architecture, Islamic Azad University, Aras International Branch, Tabriz, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran. (Corresponding Author) [e-mail]

Received: 2022-07-28 Accepted : 2022-09-13 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: Michel Foucault, Persian garden, Shahzadeh Mahan garden, heterotopia, different space,

Abstract :

One of the most beautiful traditional gardens in Iran is Shahzadeh Mahan Garden. This garden has been registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and as an example of Persian gardening, it has a special importance and position at the international level. The purpose of this research is to explain the components of Foucault's heterotopia through spatial reinterpretation in Shahzadeh Mahan garden. In this article, an attempt has been made to examine the structure and concept of heterotopia in Shahzadeh Mahan garden and extract native components. The research method used is comparative descriptive research method, which examines library documents. This article tries to answer the main research question: That is, "How are the components of heterotopia objectified in the definition of Shahzadeh Mahan garden?" The findings state that in this place, the ultimate material is elevated to spiritual infinity. The main result of this article can be summarized in the placement of the Persian garden with objectivity to the heterotopias of memory, presence, inclusive society, cultural, value-oriented and nature-oriented, for the spiritual presence of man. Therefore, the possibility of heterotopia is a place attachment and the formation of an emotional relationship with the place of the garden.