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Située au carrefour de nombreuses routes commerciales et migratoires, Marseille est une ville contrastée où se côtoient des populations aux origines culturelles et sociales diversifiées. Souvent décrite comme « cosmopolite », il s’agit dans ce travail de questionner cette image et interroger les relations sociales en œuvre dans la ville, par l’étude d’un espace original, à l’intersection entre l’intime et le collectif, le proche et le lointain : le hammam. En examinant la relation entre la construction des espaces, les pratiques qu’ils induisent, ainsi que les discours énoncés par les acteurs, cette étude s’attache à mettre en évidence les enjeux sociaux et politiques d’identification et de différenciation qui accompagnent la construction ou la fréquentation des bains. Cette réflexion anthropologique suit comme fil conducteur la question des « mises en scène » des établissements étudiés, à travers lesquelles il est possible de saisir les différentes représentations et matérialisations du hammam, ainsi que leurs variations, sur une gamme allant de l’exotique au familier, de « l’oriental » à « l’occidental ». Ces jeux de proximité et de distanciation sont étudiés selon différentes perspectives : le rapport à l’espace urbain, les configurations spatiales des établissements, les aménagements matériels, les dimensions sensorielles, ainsi que les profils sociologiques des commerçants et de la clientèle. À la croisée entre une anthropologie urbaine des espaces marchands et une anthropologie du corps, les analyses proposées dans cette thèse permettent d’ouvrir une discussion sur le hammam comme « hétérotopie » et « espace-frontière ». / At the crossroads of numerous commercial and migratory roads, Marseille is a contrasted city where populations of diversified cultural and social origins live. Thus, this work aims to question the “cosmopolitan” image of France’s second largest city and the social relations that take place in it, by studying an original space, both intimate and collective, close and distant, the hammam. By examining the relationship between the construction of spaces, the practices they induce, as well as the speeches expressed by the actors, this study highlights the social issues of identification and differentiation which accompany the design or the attendance of bathhouses. This anthropological reflection follows as a main thread the question of the commercial “scenography” of the places studied, through which it is possible to seize the various representations and materialization of the hammam, on a scale going from the familiar to the exotic, the “oriental” to the “occidental”. These interactions of closeness and distance will be studied on various levels: the relation to the urban space, the spatial configurations of the bath houses, the material arrangements, the sensory dimensions, as well as the sociological profiles of the business owners and their clientele. At the intersection of urban anthropology, commercial spaces studies and anthropology of the body, all these elements allow for discussion of the hammam as "heterotopia" and "boundary-space".

Thèse numérisée par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

My thesis is a critical essay thematically focused on the fate of the body in the postmodern condition. In this thesis a fundamental question is posed: What happens to the (postmodern) body under the double pressure of postmodern technology and culture? Is the postmodern body altered under the pressure of postmodern technology and culture? How contemporary thought and architecture impact the body will also be examined. This thesis discusses the above questions through several key concepts such as exilic conditions, heterotopias and ‘trans’ states of being. After elaborating on these issues, this thesis attempts to design an architectural project “Hamam Complex” on a unique natural island in the Bosporus strait that separates the Western and Eastern worlds.

My thesis is a critical essay thematically focused on the fate of the body in the postmodern condition. In this thesis a fundamental question is posed: What happens to the (postmodern) body under the double pressure of postmodern technology and culture? Is the postmodern body altered under the pressure of postmodern technology and culture? How contemporary thought and architecture impact the body will also be examined. This thesis discusses the above questions through several key concepts such as exilic conditions, heterotopias and ‘trans’ states of being. After elaborating on these issues, this thesis attempts to design an architectural project “Hamam Complex” on a unique natural island in the Bosporus strait that separates the Western and Eastern worlds.

Concept In the measure of town Yverdon Les Bains the baths park is understood like one of the important spot which influences its surroundings. The surroundings give the impression of neutrality because of the differentness of its composition. So the baths park and three historical buildings in it create the most valuable element. It is independent world where people could relax and feel their senses. Free shape in the “free landscape”. It is seemingly haphazard like its surroundings. Although the building has its own inner composition which I call “Small world under large rooftop”. I would like to create atmosphere where would be unique inner space, light and intimate darkness, warm and cold, atmosphere full of nice smell. Each material has its own sound, temperature and surface. The basic element of the baths is water. It is going through the building, connecting all the parts of the baths and creates special atmosphere. People have to know they entered in to the baths world.