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Since the 17th century, with the accelerating increase in the world population, the need for urbanization has increased and this situation has led many professional groups to produce different solutions. In 1969, Italian architect Paolo Soleri proposed architectural design principles under the name of Arcology. Arcology describes self-sufficient megastructures that are completely independent in areas such as energy and food production, climate control, waste management and treatment. In these structures, there are spaces for all human needs such as health, education and housing. Arcology has been adopted and popularized by science fiction writers due to its futuristic and utopian aspects. In this study, the ways in which the concept of Arcology appears in the Cyberpunk genre and dystopian future predictions and the design and use of Arcology structures are examined. In the study, movies were selected according to the purposive sampling method in line with certain criteria. The films belonging to the Cyberpunk genre and containing Arcology structures were analyzed with the visual semiotics method. The similarities of Cyberpunk predictions with reality and their applicability for the coming years are emphasized by comparing them with the structures that can be considered as examples of the Arcology concept in the World.

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