For the city of Budapest, the heterotopia that I chose to focus on is in fact a temporary heterotopia. The chosen heterotopia is the Sziget Festival, a musical and cultural festival that has taken place during one week in August every year since 1993. The location for the festival is an island just north of Margaret Island on the Danube River named Óbuda Island ( Óbudai-sziget). While the Sziget Festival originally started out as a student event, it has now become among the top 10 best festivals in all of Europe.
The following images are of the book I made that highlight the important elements of Budapest and discuss why the Sziget Festival is a heterotopia.
Cover Page
Page 1 – Budapest and Hungary
Page 2 – Buda & Pest
Page 3 – Bridges of Budapest
Page 4 – Landmarks of Budapest
Page 5 – Budapest Metro and Railroad Lines
Page 6 – Thermal Baths of Budapest
Page 7 – Green Spaces of Budapest
Page 8 – Siege of Budapest
Page 9 – Óbuda Island Intro
Page 10 – Óbuda Island
Page 11 – Sziget Festival
Page 12 – Sziget Heterotopia
Page 13 – Actors of the Sziget Heterotopia
Sources
- Shane, David Grahame. “Recombinant Urbanism: Conceptual Modeling in Architecture, Urban Design, and City Theory.” Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.,2005
- “Budapest.” The New Book of Knowledge. 30th ed. 2nd vol. 1995.
- Hungary - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary
- Budapest – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest
- Bridges of Budapest – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridges_of_Budapest
- Budapest Metro – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Metro
- City Park (Budapest) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Park_%28Budapest%29
- Óbuda Island – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93budai-sziget
- Sziget Festival – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sziget_Festival
- Bridges of Budapest – http://www.bridgesofbudapest.com/
- Budapest Gyógyfürdői | BGYH – http://www.budapestgyogyfurdoi.hu/en
- World War II: Siege of Budapest – http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-siege-of-budapest.htm
- The Budapest Siege – http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php?11054-The-Budapest-Siege/page6
- Óbudai-sziget – http://www.kia.hu/konyvtar/pestikert/obudai.htm#terkep
- Sziget.hu – http://www.sziget.hu/festival_english
