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Gender, Sexuality, and the Built Environment

The issue of gender and sexuality in architecture are still themes that are questioned as being relevant, a situation that Jessica Ellen Sewell challenges in her seminar course at the University of Virginia: When I tell people that I work on gender and architecture, I often get one of two responses: “you mean like phallic […]

Jessica Ellen Sewell
25 July, 2024

Gender, Space, Architecture: An Interdisciplinary Introduction

Making Space: Women and the Manmade Environment

Who Needs the Top? An Ungentle Manifesto

‘A citizen as well as a housewife’: New Spaces of Domesticity in 1930s London

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Blanca Vives on Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Jasmine Yu on Gender Space Architecture Elizabeth Darling on Making Space: Women and the Manmade Environment Sarah El Ouazzani on Who Needs the Top Annmarie Adams on Women and the Making of the Modern House Roz Barr on Sexuality and Space Alexa Sharp on Conflicting Landscape Values Justine Valois on Conflicting Landscape Values May Bi on Room at the Top Katia Broz on Room at the Top Erandi de Silva on Room at the Top Sasha Beketov on What Would a Non-sexist City Be Like? Estelle Gagliardi on Where Are the Women Architects?

Thinking & Writing Place

  “The history of feminism is, in a sense, the history of autotheory.” Lauren Fournier, Autotheory as Feminist Practice in Art, Writing and Criticism, 2021.   Thinking & Writing Place – Writing as Feminist Spatial Practice was a seminar curated by Lilian Robl at the Technische Universität München in spring 2023. The production of multilayered […]

Lilian Robl
23 December, 2023

Living a Feminist Life

Getting At and Into Place : Writing as Practice and Research

A Room of One’s Own

Autotheory as Feminist Practice in Art, Writing and Criticism

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Soo Jin Kim on A Killjoy Survival Kit Hirante Welandawe on A Room of One’s Own Maria Conen on A Room of One’s Own Valerie Keller on A Room of One’s Own

ETH Zurich Studio Caruso Autumn Semester Readings 2023

This semester, for three weeks in a row, master and bachelor students of the Studio Caruso at the ETH Zurich meet for the reading circle. By group, they perform a text of the reader in one of the three sites studied. After which, the whole studio, including the teaching team, gathered to discuss what happened. […]

ETH Zurich Studio Caruso
8 November, 2023

Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest

The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage: Toward a New Relational Ethics

The Triumphant Progress of Market Success

Charlotte Gwendolyn Arn on The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage Helena Bonet Muñoz on The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage Chiara Linsalata on The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage Isaac Elia Martinez on The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage Jingling Ding on The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage Kristina Lehtinen on The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage Lukas Buettner on The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage Nora Zoe Schären on The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage Qingyuan Wu on The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage Xingyu Bai on The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage Zhishuang Liu on The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage Che Facchin on Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest Fabian Güzelgün on Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest Jonas Zimmermann on Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest Julian Merlo on Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest Ladina Naegeli on Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest Lukas Nussbaumer on Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest Nicolai Dinkel on Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest Romina Züst on Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest Anna Rothstein on The Triumphant Progress of Market Success Camilla Alves Nunes Köppel on The Triumphant Progress of Market Success Dimitri Bleichenbacher on The Triumphant Progress of Market Success Laura Oberholzer on The Triumphant Progress of Market Success Léa De Piccoli on The Triumphant Progress of Market Success Xiaoyu Yang on Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest

Feminism and Architecture

Has feminism impacted architecture? asks Professor Annmarie Adams of McGill University … let’s discuss This 13-week graduate-level lecture and seminar course (ARCH 684) at McGill University covering 37 texts (only four by men) begins with this challenge. “If Architect Barbie gets us talking, then more power to her,” is the opening statement, quoted from Despina […]

Annmarie Adams
19 September, 2023

Room at the Top, Sexism and the Star System in Architecture

Le Deuxième Sexe

Battle Lines: E. 1027

Women Architects and Modernism in India Narratives and Contemporary Practices

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May Bi on Room at the Top Hannah Thiessen on A Queer Analysis of E. 1027 Sarah El Ouazzani on Who Needs the Top Elif Kurkcu on People who Live in Glass Houses Taylor Wasserman on The Labor Problem Abigail MacKenzie on Preserving Women’s History in American Libraries Sasha Beketov on What Would a Non-sexist City Be Like? Ziyi-Jorrina Cheng on Female Regulation Claudia Ng on On The Fringe Justine Valois on Conflicting Landscape Values Lisa Hadioui on Le Deuxième Sexe Anastasia Jaffray on A Feminist Arcadian Landscape Juliette Bélanger on Unforgetting Women Architects Isabel Cano on Battle Lines: E.1027 Katia Broz on Room at the Top Alexa Sharp on Conflicting Landscape Values Nuoya Fang on Domesticity, Gender, and Architecture Olivia Janiszewski on Suffrage City Erica Vinson on Preserving Women’s History in American Libraries Maria Lederer on Interiors: nineteenth-century essays Jasmine Yu on Gender Space Architecture Danna Nishmas on Fear in a Handful of Dust Mayyasah Akour on Women Architects and Modernism in India Wiki Women Design on Unforgetting Women Architects

Seen From The South : ETH Zürich gta 2023

Our understanding of how urban designers and architects can design cities is still largely shaped by Western urban conditions and perspectives. In particular, the European city, with its steady and controlled growth, has long served as the backdrop against which new urban design methods and tools have been developed. As scholars who advocate a decentring […]

Cathelijne Nuijsink
7 March, 2023

Theory from the South

The 21st-Century Metropolis: New Geographies of Theory

Ordinary Cities : Between Modernity and Development

Claiming their right to possess

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Adhrita Roy on Seen From The South

Parity in History?

During the course of the semester, students were required to carry out a process of active reading, which has been described in depth in the article ‘Reading-With: A Collaborative Method for Inclusive Architectural Histories (scroll down for abstract). This deep engagement with historical texts is being developed by Dr. Anne Hultzsch and Dr. Sol Pérez […]

Anne Hultzsch
6 December, 2022

Journal of a Residence in Chile, During the Year 1822 and a Voyage from Chile to Brazil in 1823

Wanderlust: A History of Walking

Tagebuch eine Reise durch die Schweiz

Architecture and Feminisms: Ecologies, Economies, Technologies

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Anne Hultzsch on Journal of a Residence in Chile Adrienne Enz on Life in Mexico Xinghe Guo on Life in Mexico Monika Grabski on Life in Mexico Maria Vittoria Giani on Life in Mexico Valmira Haziri on Life in Mexico Martin Kohlberger on An Historical and Moral View Corinne Räz on An Historical and Moral View Amélie Lambert on An Historical and Moral View Michael Tan on An Historical and Moral View Anouk Fischer on Vindication of the Rights of Men Lea Graziani on Vindication of the Rights of Men Laia Meier on Residence in Chile Miranda Reynolds on Residence in Chile Carolina Catarino Gomes on Residence in Chile Stefania Archilli on Residence in Chile Zofia Krupa on Between the Landscape and Confinement Elena Rieger on Between the Landscape and Confinement Caroline Voet on Wanderlust: A History of Walking
ETH Zurich Studio Caruso
15 April, 2022

The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction

Herland

Genji monogatari 源氏物語

Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene

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Oliver Zbinden, Charlotte Thallinger, Alois Merkt on Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene Simona Mele, Julius Schwartz, Luca Bronca on The Tale of Genji Julie Bovier, Lea Muttoni, Donata De Leso on Herland Mindy Seu on The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction  Philip Einhaus on The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction Victoria Balmer, James Flaus, Wen Guan, Sophie Kalwa on Why Are People Being So Nice? Helen Thomas, Alicia Yerebakan, Sol Pérez Martínez, Monica Ciobotar, Burak Kaya, Clara Gostynski and Jaehee Shin on Can Writing Be Activism?

Modern Architecture and Gender: The Case of pre-State Israel

20 years ago, I researched the 1934 Levant Fair in Tel Aviv, an international exhibition whose purpose was to boost the economy and the commercial ties of the Jewish community in Palestine under the British Mandate (Mandatory Palestine, 1921-1948). This was also an important architectural event that marked the acceptance of the international style as […]

Sigal Davidi
7 April, 2022

A Room of One’s Own

AA women in architecture, 1917–2017

Housing the Single Woman: The Frankfurt Experiment

Frau Architekt: Over 100 years of women in architecture

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Helen Thomas on No more Frauenghetto, bitte Hirante Welandawe on A Room of One’s Own Maria Conen on A Room of One’s Own Valerie Keller on A Room of One’s Own
ETH Zurich Studio Caruso
20 January, 2022

Dear Conchi

Manifesto for Maintenance Art

The Artistic Mode of Revolution

The Grand Domestic Revolution: A History of Feminist Designs for American Homes, Neighborhoods, and Cities

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Anastasia Zharova on Dear Conchi Lucia Bernini, Jonas Heller, Florian Reisner, Sofia Gloor on Manifesto for Maintenance Art Anne-Marie Armstrong on Grand Domestic Revolution Stéphanie Dadour on Grand Domestic Revolution Adam Caruso on The Grand Domestic Revolution Emilie Appercé on Maintenance Art

New Order: Unit 3 at Kingston School of Art

This collection has been compiled from a larger reading list used by Professor Andrew Clancy and Laura Evans in their teaching of Unit 3 at Kingston School of Art in London in 2020-21. A parallel unit with a different reading list was run by Catherine Blaney and Colm Moore at Queens University Belfast. Faced with […]

Laura Evans
12 January, 2022

Purple Hibiscus

The God of Small Things

Hiver a Sokcho 속초에서의 겨울

Jamaica Inn

Laura Evans on Purple Hibiscus Laura Evans and Catarina de Abreu on Winter in Sokcho Laura Evans and Drucilla Boakye on Jamaica Inn Laura Evans and Finian Reece-Thomas on Purple Hibiscus Laura Evans and Hiyala Shafeeq on The God of Small Things

Gendering History, Women Travel Writers and Architectural Experience

During the autumn of 2021, Dr Anne Hultzsch (Women Writing Architecture: Female Experiences of the Built 1700-1900 (WoWA)) led a seminar around reading history from women’s perspectives, questioning not only the subject matter and ways of seeing it, but also the mechanism for writing. Using the form of ficto-criticism, students were encouraged to understand this […]

Anne Hultzsch
8 December, 2021

Thinking about Feminism in European History

About Canons and Culture Wars

Gender

Theorizing the Relationships between Architecture and Gender in Early Modern Europe

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Lorena Bassi on Fahrten einer Paria Anne Hultzsch on Journal of a Residence in Chile Anne Hultzsch on A Tour in Switzerland Elena Rieger on Between the Landscape and Confinement Zofia Krupa on Between the Landscape and Confinement Stefania Archilli on Residence in Chile Carolina Catarino Gomes on Residence in Chile Miranda Reynolds on Residence in Chile Laia Meier on Residence in Chile Helen Thomas on Fahrten einer Paria

Feminine Spaces. The Future is Female is Now II

This collection has been put together by the Women Writing Architecture editors from the syllabus of the Architectural Criticism seminar at ETH Zurich in 2020 led by Antje Stahl and Vera Sacchetti. The full syllabus can be found here.

Antje Stahl, Vera Sacchetti, Women Writing Architecture
27 June, 2021

The Case for Safe Spaces

No more Frauenghetto, bitte

Breaking Ground book on buildings by women ‘is both needed and problematic’

Why Nicolai Ouroussoff is not Good Enough

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DRAG Lab Book Club (2021)

This collection lists the syllabus of the first DRAG lab book club semester. The DRAG lab book club is a format for horizontal discussions open to all. It aims to provide a framework for joint reflection and the sharing of questions relating to architecture, its practice, and teaching. The events of the book club are […]

DRAG Lab Book Club
25 June, 2021

Lecture Three : Cross-Cladding

Chez soi : une odyssée de l’espace domestique

Domesticity at War

Hegemonic Masculinity: Rethinking the Concept

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Adam Caruso on The Grand Domestic Revolution Anne-Marie Armstrong on Grand Domestic Revolution Stéphanie Dadour on Grand Domestic Revolution Loudreaders on Queer Cartographies

ETH Zurich Studio Caruso Semester Readings (2011-2021)

The Reading Circle Performance The images show the covers of the text collections of Studio Caruso, chair for architecture and construction at the DARCH of ETH Zurich, led by Prof. Adam Caruso. Since 2011, these textbooks have been compiled and printed at the beginning of each semester with reference to the semester’s topic. Here, the […]

ETH Zurich Studio Caruso
20 May, 2021

Passages in Modern Sculpture

Richard Serra, a Translation

Narrative Time: the question of the Gates of Hell

Space and Structure; High Rise

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Murielle Morger and Eva Schneuwly on Caliban and the Witch Jan Schweizer, Nicolas Schwegler, Yiran Zhang and Severin Ziegler on The Mushroom at the End of the World Grégoire Bridel and Remy Carron on Staying with the Trouble Lucia Bernini, Jonas Heller, Florian Reisner, Sofia Gloor on Manifesto for Maintenance Art Anastasia Zharova on Dear Conchi Philip Einhaus on The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction Linda Sjoqvistand and Paul Grieguszies on Testo Junkie Mindy Seu on Testo Junkie Thomas Rohrer on Testo Junkie Kenneth Frampton on The Human Condition Adam Caruso on The Grand Domestic Revolution Anne-Marie Armstrong on Grand Domestic Revolution Stéphanie Dadour on Grand Domestic Revolution Maria Conen on A Room of One’s Own Valerie Keller on A Room of One’s Own Hirante Welandawe on A Room of One’s Own Emilie Appercé on Maintenance Art Loudreaders on Caliban and the Witch Murielle Morger and Eva Schneuwly on Caliban and the Witch Mariana Siracusa on Passages in Modern Sculpture Linda Sjøqvist on The Mediated Plant Helen Thomas on The Hearing Trumpet Soo Jin Kim on A Killjoy Survival Kit Paul Grieguszies on Caliban and the Witch Seounju Kim on Staying with the Trouble Helen Thomas on Witches and Gossip
Elli Mosayebi, Fabian Lauener, Nelly Pilz
5 May, 2021

FBB: Fotogeschichte der Frauenbefreiungsbewegung Zürich

Contingent foundations: Feminism and the question of ‘postmodernism’

Ausbruch & Rausch, Frauen Kunst Punk 1975–1980

Die Ziele der Frauenbewegung

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Philip Einhaus on The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction Mindy Seu on The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction  Annamaria Prandi on King Kong Theorie Tatjana Blaser on Orlando Anne-Marie Armstrong on Orlando Julie Bovier, Lea Muttoni, Donata De Leso on Herland Blanca Vives on Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Thomas Rohrer on We Should All Be Feminists Valerie Keller on A Room of One’s Own Maria Conen on A Room of One’s Own Hirante Welandawe on A Room of One’s Own Loudreaders on Caliban and the Witch Murielle Morger and Eva Schneuwly on Caliban and the Witch Murielle Morger and Eva Schneuwly on Caliban and the Witch Grégoire Bridel and Remy Carron on Staying with the Trouble Anoma Pieris on Borderlands/La Frontera and Can the Subaltern Speak? Paul Grieguszies on Caliban and the Witch Lisa Hadioui on Le Deuxième Sexe Soo Jin Kim on Jeju Haenyeo Collective Seounju Kim on Staying with the Trouble Helen Thomas on Witches and Gossip Helen Thomas, Alicia Yerebakan, Sol Pérez Martínez, Monica Ciobotar, Burak Kaya, Clara Gostynski and Jaehee Shin on Can Writing Be Activism? Jihyeong Lee on The Silent Spring

Radical Domesticity: Modernism, Gender, and Building the Future 2021

The reading list of this 12-week seminar course led by Professor Mary McLeod of Columbia GSAPP and Professor Victoria Rosner from the Department of English at Columbia includes 21 texts written by women, from which this collection is made. The course introduction explains its critical intentions: This class explores alternative visions of domestic life from […]

Mary McLeod, Victoria Rosner
1 May, 2021

The Grand Domestic Revolution: A History of Feminist Designs for American Homes, Neighborhoods, and Cities

Herland

The Yellow Wallpaper

The Awakening

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Adam Caruso on The Grand Domestic Revolution Anne-Marie Armstrong on Grand Domestic Revolution Stéphanie Dadour on Grand Domestic Revolution Julie Bovier, Lea Muttoni, Donata De Leso on Herland

Gender, Architecture and the Construction of Modernity (2020)

In 2020, Professor Mary McLeod ran a week-long seminar course at the University of Ljubljana, from which a collection of 24 citations has been made. The ambitions of the course are described in its introduction: This class explores the intersections between gender and modern architecture, examining themes such as domestic reform, images of the New […]

Mary McLeod
29 April, 2021

A Room of One’s Own

The Problem That Has No Name

Women’s Environmental Rights: A Manifesto

Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis

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Hirante Welandawe on A Room of One’s Own Maria Conen on A Room of One’s Own Valerie Keller on A Room of One’s Own Jasmine Yu on Gender Space Architecture Isabel Cano on Battle Lines: E.1027 Estelle Gagliardi on Where Are the Women Architects?

Contemporary Women Architects: Theories, Practices, Positions (2020)

The reading list of this 5-week seminar course led by Professor Mary Pepchinski is composed of 15 texts written by women. This collection brings together the citations for those texts.

Mary Pepchinski
10 February, 2021

Bildbetrachtung: Die Architektin Elsa Burckhardt-Blum

Genius, Gender and Architecture: The Star System as Exemplified in the Pritzker Prize

Ideological Equals: Women Architects in Socialist Europe

Interview with Harriet Hariss, Architecture for the 99%: Dr. Harriet Harriss on Democratizing the Deanship, Inclusive Design Methodologies, and How the Younger Generation Can Lead

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Erandi de Silva on Room at the Top Caroline Voet on Wanderlust: A History of Walking Katia Broz on Room at the Top May Bi on Room at the Top Soo Jin Kim on The Master’s Tools will Never Dismantle the Master’s House