Symposium “Fielding Architecture. Feminist Practices for a Decolonized Pedagogy”
08.07.2019
The Fielding Architecture: Feminist Practices for a Decolonised Pedagogy symposium took place at the University of Brighton on 24 & 25 June, 2019. The interdisciplinary symposium organized by Emma Cheatle, Senior Lecturer,
Advance Notice: Public Lecture by Joel Sanders “Alternative Futures: Questioning Design Standards”
24.04.2019
Public evening lecture by Joel Sanders (Architect, New York & Professor Adjunct Yale University) organized by the Visiting Lectureship of the Theory of Architecture Dr. Torsten Lange, Institute gta, ETH
Advance Notice: Guest Lecture Prof. Jack Halberstam “Unbuilding Gender: Trans* Anarchitectures In and Beyond the Work of Gordon Matta-Clark”
24.04.2019
Guest lecture by Jack Halberstam (Professor of Gender Studies and English, Columbia University New York) in the seminar “Architectures of Gender: body_building” hosted by the Visiting Lectureship of the Theory
Advance Notice: Lecture by Dr. Huraera Jabeen “Gendered Space and Climate Resilience in Informal Settlements in Bangladesh”
18.04.2019
UniBasel, Hörsaal 101 (Alte Universität) Rheinsprung 9/11, 4051 Basel. Climate resilience varies significantly based on gender and on location in different physical and social spaces. The relationship between the urban built
Advance Notice: Lecture Series “Digitale Transformation und Geschlecht”, University of Bern, Spring Semester 2019
18.02.2019
,,Nun ja, meine Stimme klingt wie die einer Frau, aber ich falle nicht wirklich unter das menschliche Geschlechterkonzept”, antwortet die persönliche Sprachassistenz-Software Siri auf die Frage, ob sie sich als Frau identifiziere. Siri wie auch andere Chatbots, die als persönliche Assistenz fungieren und „immer zu deinen Diensten” sind, werden hauptsächlich weiblich designt. Dass Siris Stimme „wie die einer Frau” klingt, ist deshalb nicht zufällig, vielmehr werden dadurch vorherrschende
Advance Notice: Lecture by Prof. Lori Brown “Between the Academy and Activism”, 13.12.2018, ETHZ, HIL E6, 17:00
06.12.2018
Lori Brown’s lecture, “Between the Academy + Activism,” will discuss her research and the opportunities it has unexpectedly created in real-world engagement and activism, bringing architecture out into broader current
Advance Notice: SIA Vaud – “Débat Urbanités: Une Ville Virile?”, 10.12.2018, Lausanne
13.11.2018
URBANITÉS: Une ville virile? Lundi 10 Décembre 2018, 18H30 au forum d`architectures, lausanne Avenue de Villamont 4, Lausanne Intervenant-e-s Sarah Neumann / Députée au Grand Conseil vaudois Elke
Advance Notice: “Under Same Skies”, 10.–11.11.2018, Zurich
31.10.2018
Event: Under Same Skies – Gender perspectives in Arab countries and beyond 10. & 11. November 2018 at Clubraum, Rote Fabrik, Zürich Link: https://rotefabrik.ch/de/programm.html#/events/3468 What do we know about the
The Mobility of Care – Inés Sánchez de Madariaga – Global Urban Lecture
31.10.2018
Introducing Gender-Aware Concepts in Transportation Planning aims at providing a better understanding of travel patterns of women and men, by taking into account the travel implications of daily tasks performed
Advance Notice: “Arbeit als Liebe. Liebe als Arbeit”
12.10.2018
31. Oktober 2018, 18 Uhr, Museum Haus Konstruktiv FILMVORFÜHRUNG UND GESPRÄCHSRUNDE I Arbeit als Liebe. Liebe als Arbeit. Ein Filmprojekt von Brigitte Dätwyler und Lena Maria Thüring, in Zusammenarbeit mit
Advance Notice: Architectural Access, Code and Care
29.09.2018
This fall semester, as part of MIT Architecture’s Experiments in Pedagogy, Gabriel Cira and Emma Watlington have organized an evening lecture series called “Architectural Access, Code and Care”. Speakers include Wendy
Advance Notice: “Interdependent Bodies – Making Non-Normative Space(s) for Care”, 29.10.2018, 17:00–19:00, ETH Hönggerberg
27.09.2018
Monday, 29.10.2018, 17.00–19.00, ETH Zürich Hönggerberg, venue (tba) Public roundtable discussion with inputs by Dr. Jos Boys (independent scholar, Dis/Ordinary Architecture Project, UK), Caroline Cardus (artist, UK), Prof. Adam Caruso (architect,
Advance Notice: “Cooperative Cities. Feminist, Social and Emancipatory”, 28.09.2018, The New School, NYC
20.09.2018
Friday, September 28th, 3:00-6:30pm The New School University Center Room L105 (Lower Level) 63 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Please join us for the launch of Volume 9 of the
Advance Notice: “Downtown Denise Scott Brown”, 22.11.2018–18.03.2019, Architekturzentrum Wien
17.08.2018
For 50 years Denise Scott Brown has shaped the course of architecture. It’s time for the world’s first extensive solo exhibition on the work of this 86-year-old architect, urban planner,
CFP: “Intimacy Exposed. Toilet, Bathroom, Restroom”, 15.10.2018 (submissions deadline), Haute école d’art et de design (HEAD), Geneva
10.08.2018
Intimacy Exposed Toilet, Bathroom, Restroom Confirmed keynote speakers: Nacho Alegre (Apartamento Magazine, Barcelona) Ignacio G. Galan (Barnard+Columbia Colleges, New York) Renaud Haerlingen (Rotor-Deconstruction, Bruxelles) Catherine Ince (V&A Museum, London) Alexandra
Symposium: “MoMoWo 2018. Women’s Creativity since the Modern Movement (1918–2018)”, 13.–16.06.2018, Politecnico di Torino
06.08.2018
MoMoWo Symposium 2018 International Conference | Women’s Creativity since the Modern Movement (1918-2018): Toward a New Perception and Reception After almost four years of successful project activities, and in accordance
Advance Notice: “Saffa 58. The Women’s ‘Landi’”, 28.06.–09.09.2018, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
15.06.2018
A long awaited exhibition finally covers one of the most interesting topics in Swiss Postwar History! (Co-curated by Dr. Eliana Perrotti and Dr. Katia Frey) In 1958, years prior to
Workshop “Building Diversity”
08.05.2018
On Tuesday, May 16, 2018 TU Delft’s Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment will host the first workshop “Building Diversity” organized by the working group on gender parity and
Symposium: Noncompliant Bodies – Social Equity and Public Space
01.04.2018
The discipline of architecture tends to overlook or actively exclude persons who fall outside white, male, heterosexual, able-bodied norms. This symposium, convened by Joel Sanders and Susan Stryker, assembles a
The Architect as Shopper – Katie Lloyd Thomas
22.02.2018
The Architect as Shopper: Women, Electricity, Building Products and the Interwar ‘Proprietary Turn’ in the UK Katie Lloyd Thomas held her Presentation at ETH Zürich on December 7th 2017
Advance Notice: Gender in Digital Reality
14.02.2018
Opening program on Tuesday, 20 February 2018, Klingenstrasse 23 Zürich: 6-9 pm: Opening of the exhibition 6.30-7 pm: Performance by Martina Mächler 7-9 pm: Multimedia installation by Philip Tsapaliras, Paula
Advance Notice: Kosmospolitics – Sex in Brain: Nature or Culture
23.01.2018
Women are gifted in multitasking, men have a good spatial orientation – and that is, as many say, because of their brains. But is the “female” and the “male” brain
Advance Notice: Zürcher Philosophie Festival
18.01.2018
From the 18th to 20th of January, the Zurich Philosophy Festival will take place for the first time at KOSMOS. The topic of the first edition is “Me, Me, Me”.
Advance Notice: The Queer Ball is back in Neumarkt
08.12.2017
The Zurich gay network “Der Kreis” organized regular balls from the 1940s to the 1960s at the Theater Neumarkt. These lavish parties were of great importance to the scene far
Didi Contractor – Leben im Lehmhaus
03.12.2017
Didi Contractor – Leben im Lehmhaus is the title of an 80-minute documentary. The protagonist Didi Contractor has been working as an architect for more than 20 years and by
Advance Notice: Lecture by Prof. Katie Lloyd Thomas “The Architect as Shopper”
01.12.2017
The Architect as Shopper: Women, Electricity, Building Products and the Interwar ‘Proprietary Turn’ in the UK December 7th @ 18h00 HIL H40.4 (Plaza) More information on the GTA website
Lacaton/Vassal or the Architecture of Generosity
22.11.2017
The room was full for the conference of Anne Lacaton of Lacaton & Vassal Architects on November 21 at Hönggerberg. Their vision of architecture is simple: to give more and
Advance Notice: Lecture by Flora Ruchat-Roncati Research Group “Doing Research on Women Architects”
21.11.2017
Guest lecture by Eliana Perotti and Katia Frey about their Swiss National Science Foundation funded research project on the life and work of the architect Flora Ruchat-Roncati (1937–2012), who was
Advance Notice: Donna Haraway @ Porny Days – Film & Art Festival
20.11.2017
From November 24th to 26th, the 5th edition of the Porny Days – Film & Art Festival will take place at the Rifftraff Kino in Zurich. The festival will present
Advance Notice: Architektur Film Tage Zürich – Arab Women in Architecture
17.11.2017
From November 17 to 19, the first Architektur Film Tage will take place in Zurich and present films from all over the world. The selection shows the diversity of architecture
Advance Notice: Doing Research on Woman Architects – Problems and Potentials: Flora Ruchat-Roncati at ETH
09.11.2017
Lecture by Eliana Perotti and Katia Frey – Monday the 27. November 2017 – 10:00 to 11:00 – HIL H 40.9 – ETH Hönggerberg «So wie das Kompositkapitell einer tuskanischen
Symposium and Exhibition: AA XX 100. Celebrating 100 Years of Women at the Architectural Association
09.11.2017
AA XX 100: AA Women in Architecture 1917-2017 International conference, book and exhibition October 7–December 9, 2017 Conference: Women & Architecture in Context 1917-2017: November 2–4 Paul Mellon Centre, London,
Gender Salon 1 – Zwischen Duschgel und Schweissgeruch – eine Zustandsanalyse
06.11.2017
November 9 @ 18h00 Hit4fit, Flüelastrasse 10, 8048 Zürich (Free entrance) Organized by the ZHdK N°1 Im Boxgym: Zwischen Duschgel und Schweissgeruch – eine Zustandsanalyse Wie äussert sich der Aspekt
Advance Notice: Talk with Lena Henke
04.11.2017
November 9 @ 18:30 ZHdK Lena Henke (born 1982 in Germany) lives and works in New York City and Frankfurt am Main. Henke has studied at the Städelschule Frankfurt under Professor
Advance Notice: Lecture by Anne Lacaton
04.11.2017
November 21 @ 18:00 HIL E4 Anne Lacaton (*1955), currently a partner in the architecture firm Lacaton&Vassal, Paris, France, and Associate Professor of Architecture and Design of ETH. Lacaton is an
03.11.2017 @ 11h44
02.11.2017
This is the time where women stop being paid considering the gender pay gap between men and women. Mad&Woman Agency, Paris The gender pay gap is a real issue in
Exhibition: Guerrilla Girls – Grafica – 1985-2017
30.10.2017
Guerrilla Girls – Grafica – 1985-2017 – at MASP, Sao Paulo – 29.09.2017-14.02.2018 The Guerrilla Girls are feminist activist artists. They wear gorilla masks in public and use facts, humor
Advance Notice: AA XX 100: AA Women and Architecture in Context 1917-2017: an International Conference
16.10.2017
London, AA and the Paul Mellon Centre in Bedford Square, London, W.C.1, November 2 – 04, 2017 AA XX 100: AA Women and Architecture in Context 1917-2017: an International Conference
Can you find the Mistake II
14.10.2017
Discussion at TUMünchen – 03.10.2017 “Wahrscheinlich sind alle meine Figuren auf die eine oder andere Weise romantisch. Ich glaube, dass Nihilismus die extremste Form von Romantik ist. Und wahrscheinlich ist
Spaces for art
11.10.2017
“One of the women that worked a lot for architecture and architectural dreams” Anette Gigon regarding Anne Lacaton, ETH Zürich october 2017
Advance Notice: Frau Architekt – Ausstellung DAM
06.10.2017
FRAU ARCHITEKT – Seit mehr als 100 Jahren: Frauen im Architektenberuf Exhibition in DAM – Deutsches Architektur Museum in Frankfurt – 30th September 2017 till 8th March 2018 Over 100
Stand der Dinge – Annette Gigon
05.10.2017
On Tuesday October 3rd, Annette Gigon gave a conference presenting the work of her office that she founded with Mike Guyer in 1989 in Zurich. Their projects can be found
Advance Notice: Vernissage of the new RosaRot magazine
03.10.2017
The RosaRot magazine is made by students of the university of Zurich and adresses questions of feminism and gender. On the 6th of October at 7 pm at Park Platz
Advance Notice: Department Lecture Cecilia Puga
01.10.2017
CECILIA PUGA – CROSSFADES Department Lecture at D-Arch ETHZ on Monday 2nd Oktober 2017 – 18:00 – HIL E4 Straits of Magellan Cruise Terminal Project, 2017 Cecilia Puga has her
Advance Notice: Open House Zürich
29.09.2017
OPEN HOUSE ZÜRICH 30.09.2017 – 01.10.2017 in 80 Places around Zürich Different Buildings built by Women can be seen this weekend at Open House Zürich: Elli – Wohnhaus und Atelier
The End of Theory for Men?
28.09.2017
Symposium – gta 50 – Debate «The End of Theory?» In the evening of September 28th, Peter Eisenman, Kurt W. Forster and Jaques Herzog discussed whether architecture theory has come