AD236V Architecture and Gender: Introduction
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- At least 30 credits' university studies.
- Documented proficiency in English B/English 6 or equivalent.
In the course we will study contemporary feminist theory and architectural practices and investigate how buildings and other built or arranged structures relate to them. We will pursue a feminist critique of architectural culture and its relation to sexuality, ethnicity, class, and as preserving power in relation to ’masculinist’ aesthetics and taste. The course is structured around a series of concepts, such as for example hetero normativity, gender performance, and intersectionality, that are discussed in their relation to architecture.
The course aims at providing tools for pursuing feminist interpretations of architecture and by extension creating new architecture. In the course we will study contemporary feminist theory and architectural practices and investigate how buildings and other built or arranged structures relate to them.
After the course the student has developed basic tools for pursuing feminist interpretations of architecture and by extention creating new architecture.
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