Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 196 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 706 g
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Women in Architecture
Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 196 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 706 g
ISBN: 978-1-138-27072-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Women continue to be extremely under-represented in the architectural profession. Despite equal numbers of male and female students entering architectural studies, there is at least 17-25% attrition of female students and not all remaining become practicing architects. In both the academic and the professional fields of architecture, positions of power and authority are almost entirely male, and as such, the profession is defined by a heterosexual, Eurasian male perspective. This book argues that it is vital for all architectural students and practitioners to be exposed to a diversity of contemporary architectural practices, as this might provide a first step into broadening awareness and transforming architectural engagement. It considers the relationships between feminist methodologies and the various approaches toward design and their impact upon our understanding and relationship to the built environment. In doing so, this collection challenges two conventional ideas: firstly, the definition of architecture and secondly, what constitutes a feminist practice. This collection of up-and-coming female architects and designers use a wide range of local and global examples of their work to question different aspects of these two conventional ideas. While focusing on feminist perspectives, the book offers insights into many different issues, concerns and interpretations of architecture, proposing through these types of engagement, architecture can become more culturally, politically and environmentally relevant. This 'next generation' of architects claim feminism as their own and through doing so, help define what feminism means and how it is evolving in the 21st century.
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Weitere Infos & Material
List of Figures, Notes on Contributors, Preface, 1. Introduction, 2. Critical Spatial Practices: Setting Out a Feminist Approach to some Modes and what Matters in Architecture, 3. Inventing Feminist Practices: Women and Building in Fin-de-Siècle Berlin, PART I: FEMINIST PRACTICES IN DESIGN, 4. Breathing Spaces: Whispering Walls, Feminist Spatial Practice, 5. Blazing Inter Alia: Tropes of a Feminist Creative Practice, 6. Sister2, 7. Interior-scapes, 8. Materializing the Tiger in the Archive: Creative Research and Architectural History, PART II: FEMINIST PRACTICES IN PEDAGOGY, 9. The Pedagogy and Practice of “Placing Space: Architecture, Action, Dimension”, 10. Axis Mundi Brazil Studio, 11. Fishing for Ghosts, PART III: FEMINIST PRACTICES IN DESIGN RESEARCH, 12. Gender Roles at the Intersection of Public and Private Spheres: Transformation from Detached House to Apartment in Izmir, Turkey, 13. Courtyards, 14. Politicizing the Female Body, 15. Home Grown, PART IV: FEMINIST PRACTICES IN COMMUNITIES, 16. Urban Threads, 17. Preparations for the Afterlife: Barking Town Square muf architecture/art, 18. La Marqueta Mile: East Harlem, New York, 19. Conclusion, Index
