Working Women's Community: A Feminist Perspecitve on Women in the Urban Condition; Representation in Space and Architecture

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Hilary M. Sample

Document Type

Thesis Prep

Degree

B. ARCH

Date

Fall 1994

Keywords

New York City, women studies, feminism, women and architecture, women and cities, gendered spaces, community center

Language

English

Disciplines

Architecture | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Women's Studies

Description/Abstract

"Investigating gender in architectre calls attention to issues of spatial segregation and stratification systems which contribute to human inequalities, such as the distribution of knowledge and power.... An exploration of gendered spaces through an investigation of male-oriented environmets in relation to feminine spatial-socio language of difference that could inform architectural spaces which allow for multiplicity of experience which promotes knowledge and power.

The vehicle for exploring these issues will be a community center which provides social services and communal living. The project will be developed through patterns of program and the multiplicity of spatial experiences."

Additional Information

Advisors: Ted Brown / Margaret Griffin

Recommended Citation

Sample, Hilary M., "Working Women's Community: A Feminist Perspecitve on Women in the Urban Condition; Representation in Space and Architecture" (1994). Architecture Thesis Prep. 176.
https://surface.syr.edu/architecture_tpreps/176

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