MTD
www.mtddergisi.com
ULUSLARARASI HAKEMLİ TASARIM VE MİMARLIK DERGİSİ
Ocak / Şubat / Mart / Nisan 2017 Sayı: 10 Kış - İlkbahar
INTERNATIONALREFEREEDJOURNAL OF DESIGNANDARCHITECTURE
January / February / March / April 2017 Issue: 10 Winter – Spring
ID:119 K:197
ISSN Print: 2148-8142 Online: 2148-4880
(ISO 18001-OH-0090-13001706 / ISO 14001-EM-0090-13001706 / ISO 9001-QM-0090-13001706 / ISO 10002-CM-0090-13001706)
(Marka Patent No / Trademark)
(2015/04018 – 2015/GE/17595)
140
ULUSLARARASI HAKEMLİ
TASARIM MİMARLIK DERGİSİ
INTERNATIONAL
REFEREED
JOURNAL
OF DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE
PRINT ISSN: 2148-8142 - ONLINE ISSN: 2148-4880
Therefore, non-place is designed as a reflec-
tion of a panopticon in order to strengthen the
role-play. Its architecture is shaped to enforce
the assimilation on the object by the power
mechanism.
EMBODIMENT of NON-PLACE
Being affected by the formations of the capi-
talist system which are explained above, non-
places confront us in many fields. The spa-
ces of mobility, tourism and leisure are some
examples of these fields.
Holiday villages are
good examples of non-place. The individual
stays there during a definite time stated on the
contract and everything he will do in the ho-
liday village depends on the time-schedule.
When s/he will have his meals or attend to
animation shows are all arranged. There are
instructive signs showing where to go, what
are inhabited to do in the borders of the villa-
ge. Relph (1976: 145) claims that tourism is
not about experiencing but it is about collec-
ting. The tourist does not have the option to
choose anymore. As a result of the package
tours the places that s/he will stay or visit are
decided by another authority.
Tanyeli (2004: 74-77) interprets this situation
as the tourist becoming statistical rather than
being the object. The individual does not ex-
perience or internalize the places that s/he is
visiting anymore. The aim became to put ma-
ximum number of ticks on the tourist guide-
book in the limited tour-time as if s/he is in a
race. The architecture of holiday-village as a
non-place is also standardized.
Photo 1. Holiday Village Routine
Relph (1976: 80) states that Harrison framed
“the modern mania is carrying our life style
where we go instead of accepting the one that
we find on the spot” in 1887. After more than
a century this inclination didn’t change, even
more exaggerated. Touristic places are desig-
ned in order to create an illusion. According
to Korstanje (2009:105) modern tourism rep-
resents a tendency oriented to create a false-
consciousness of otherness. Architecture of
the holiday village is shaped to satisfy the
tourist’s expectations, but not to reflect the lo-
cal values. They are designed like a movie set
fitting to the “local image” or “paradise ima-
ge” in the tourist’s mind so that s/he can con-
sume as much as possible in a limited time. In
this respect holiday villages of mass tourism
are fake places which can never get histori-
cized but get older like all other non-places.