Balkan heterotopia The first step in reducing ambiguity is to position this notion in the semiosphere of the Balkan region after the turn of the century. This specification aspires to delineate two types of spaces, the Yugoslavian utopia of the XX century and the Balkan heterotopia of the 2000s. It is necessary, for this thesis, to differentiate two types of architectures that fall into Foucault’s gaps of “existing” and “other”. As the text suggests, the shift represents a journey from a utopia to heterotopia. To elaborate on this transition we must first establish the existing space. In this scenario, the residential buildings from the previous century, considered as leftovers from the past, formulate the existing (normed) space. In general, the heterotopic site is not available as a public place. Either the entry is compulsory, as in the case of entering a school or a prison, or else the individual has to obtain an access card, ticket or other means that allow entrance. Time works differently in a heterotopia. In our scenario, it accumulates in the form of the existing residential buildings from the Yugoslavian utopia which also demonstrates the illusion of the space, whereas the upgrade – a heterotopia of compensation- creates the real space – a space that is other. The omnipresent concept of the upgrade, a mirror to our reality, answers the question of how will we live together.