Advance Notice: Public Panel Discussion “Bauen für die Kunst / Bauen für die Besucher_innen”
17.06.2019
LE FOYER – IN PROCESS 22.06.2019, 16:00, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Grüzenstrasse 44, 8400 Winterthur Im Kontext der gegenwärtig realisierten Museumsneu- und -umbauten stehen grundlegendere Fragen zu Perspektiven des Bauens für die
Panel Discussion “Feministische Perspektiven in Kunst und Lehre”
22.05.2019
21. Mai 2019, 18.30 RAA-G-01 (Rämistrasse 59) Welche unterschiedlichen feministischen und antirassistischen Perspektiven gibt es auf den Hochschulalltag? Inwiefern lassen sich patriarchale Verhältnisse und Rassismus in akademischen Strukturen und der
The Posthuman – Rosi Braidotti
11.05.2019
by Giorgia Mini Rosi Braidotti was born in Latisana, Udine, Italy, on 28 September 1954. At the Liceo Classico in Udine she obtained her scientific high school diploma. In 1970
Introduction: Posthuman Bodies – Judith Halberstam and Ira Livingston
09.05.2019
By He Xingyu Introduction to the author and background of the text: The text is an introduction from the posthuman body, an anthology co-edited by Judith/Jake Halberstam and Ira Livingston.
Transgender Butch: Butch-FTM Border Wars and the Masculine Continuum – Judith Halberstam
18.04.2019
by Aurore Delory The Author Judith/Jack Halberstam is a professor of English, American studies and Ethnicity and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California. He has authored six books: Skin Shows:
The Prosthetic Imagination: Enabling and Disabling the Prosthesis Trope – S. Lochlann Jain
08.04.2019
by Masato SHODA S. Lochlann Jain’s is a professor in the Anthropology Department at Stanford University, where she teaches medical and legal anthropology. Her research is primarily concerned with the
Embodying Space. An Interview and Lived Spatiality (The Spaces of Corporeal Desire) – Elizabeth Grosz
18.03.2019
by Sven Fawer Elizabeth Grosz is an Australian philosopher and feminist theorists. She taught philosophy at various universities in Australia, the United States and Europe and is working as a
Doubles and Multiples – Peg Rawes
18.03.2019
by Mebuki FURUTANI 1) The Author Peg Rewes is Professor in Architecture and Philosophy, Programme Director of the MA Architectural History, and a PhD Supervisor for Architectural Design and Architectural
Normate Template: Knowing-Making the Architectural Inhabitant – Aimi Hamraie
14.03.2019
by Jamshidi Helia In today’s architecture practice it is self-evident to base our design on given norms, which build on a average user we can align on. As in the
Envisioning Cyborg Bodies – Jennifer González
14.03.2019
by Jiang Weilan The term „cyborg“ was coined by Manfred E.Clynes and Nathan S.Kline in an astronautic article for a self-regulating human-machine, who can survived in the outer space. Cyborg
A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late 20th Century – Donna Haraway
14.03.2019
by Christopher Smith Donna Haraway opens her text, A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century, with the provocation that the essay is “an effort to
Feminist Perspectives on the Body – Kathleen Lennon
07.03.2019
by Anna Kärtner Feminist Perspectives on the Body is a reference text that traces the historical lineage of philosophical thought on embodiment, and specifically female embodiment. The author, Kathleen Lennon
A Manual for Cleaning Women – Lucia Berlin
10.01.2019
by Petronella Mill and Tamino Kuny Nice to meet you, Lucia. Our names are Petronella and Tamino, we are two architecture students interested in Care Work. We have
Caring: Making Commons, Making Connections – Kim Trogal
06.12.2018
by Zelda Frank and Wiebke Gude Caring: Making Commons, Making Connections is a chapter in the book The Social (Re)Production of Architecture. Politics, Values and Actions in Contemporary
Visibility and Worth in Maintenance Work and Art – Mierle Laderman Ukeles
28.11.2018
by Yagmur Kültür and Lena Stolze The ‘Manifesto for Maintenance Art 1969!’, written by Mierle Laderman Ukeles and published in Artforum in 1971 is divided into two parts: the
Making Citizens, Reassembling Devices: On Gender and the Development of Contemporary Public Sites of Repair in Northern California – Daniela K. Rosner
28.11.2018
by Emma Lindén and Tobias Lenggenhager As we all know from our childhood, our pants still could be used even if there was more than one patch on it.
Not One of the Family. The Tight Spaces of Migrant Domestic Workers – Rhacel Salazar Parreñas and Rachel Silvey
21.11.2018
Rhacel Salazar Parreñas is Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California (USC). Prior to working at USC, she taught at a number of other universities
A Lecture by Britta Hentschel : “Why Do We Care? Architecture and Social Responsibility in Early Modern Europe”
13.11.2018
by Deborah Augsburger and Xenia Strohmeyer Why do we care? Is it a natural given or of cultural and religious nature? And who do we care for? How can a
INTERDEPENDENT BODIES – Making Non-Normative Space(s) for Care
13.11.2018
On October 29th, 2018, Dr. Gabrielle Schaad and Dr. Torsten Lange of the Visiting Lectureship of the Theory of Architecture at ETH initiated a roundtable discussion called „INTERDEPENDENT BODIES –
Strolling Into Imaginaries. When the Constitution of Space Produces Disabled Bodies – No Anger
13.11.2018
by Laia Meier and Alex Walter It’s something the majority of us don’t really think about much. We walk around in streets and parks and open doors to enter buildings
Invisibility Work? How Starting from Dis/ability Challenges Normative Social, Spatial and Material Practices – Jos Boys
08.11.2018
by Lorena Bassi und Vivienne Yao The text Invisibility Work? How Starting from Dis/ability Challenges Normative Social, Spatial and Material Practices was written by Jos Boys and published in
Koolhaas Houselife – Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine
29.10.2018
by Daniela Gonzalez and Alexander Poulikakos The 58-minute film “Koolhaas HouseLife” by Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine was first shown in 2008 being the first release of four documentaries called „Living
The Industrial Revolution In The Home – Ruth Schwartz Cowan
15.10.2018
by Mirjam Kupferschmid and Manon Mottet From today’s point of view, we can barely imagine that only a few decades ago, women were washing clothes in a tub or had to
The House That Did The Housework – Margalit Fox & Amisha Padani
15.10.2018
by Petra Steiniger and Viviane Zibung Margalit Fox, born in 1961 is an American wirter. In the 1980s, already before she went to journalism school, she worked in magazine and
Wages Against Housework – Silvia Federici
11.10.2018
by Julia Kobzar and Dzulija Jakimovska In 1975 Silvia Federici published a book called “Wages Against Housework“. This book deals with the issue of domestic work, analyzing it as
What Would A Non-Sexist City Be Like? – Dolores Hayden
11.10.2018
by Sara Finzi and Carola Hartmann Review of Dolores Hayden’s article of 1980 „What Would a Non-Sexist City Be Like? Speculations on Housing, Urban Design, and Human Work”
Reproductive Commons: From Within and Beyond the Kitchen – Julia Wieger
10.10.2018
by Achilleas Lehmann Julia Wieger is an architect and researcher. She works as a architecture department in the Academy of fine arts in Vienna. She is interested in collective
The Critical Potential of Housework – Catharina Gabrielsson
10.10.2018
by Nora Molari and Bing Yang Part I Catharina Gabrielsson is an architect, critic and writer. She is assistant professor in urban theory at the School of Architecture KTH and
Contradictions of Capital and Care – Nancy Fraser
10.10.2018
by Tatjana Bergmeister and Matthieu Schwartz The text we are going to focus on is written by Nancy Fraser, a feminist and critical theorist from Baltimore, US. Professor of philosophy
“E. 1027” by Bess Laaring, Alexander Poulikakos, Magdalena Stolze
11.05.2018
Cape Martin, South of France. A house built in 1929 sits on a cliff, overlooking the sea. Dear Badovici, Thank you for hosting us recently in your sea-side villa. I
Wildness – Complexity, Contradiction and Failure
09.04.2018
Time is borrowed. It changes everything. Faces. Relationships. Neighbourhoods. There are not many like me left. And I wonder, what will become of me? How can I explain my legacy? (Movie
Learn To Unlearn To See
07.04.2018
In her article « Situated Knowledges : The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perpective », Donna Haraway is questioning the traditional scientific approach that claims to be completely objective.
A Room of One’s Own: Creation of a Queer Space
02.04.2018
In both analyzed texts « A Queer Analysis of Eileen Gray’s E.1027“ by Katarina Bonnevier and „Closets, Clothes, disClosure“ by Henry Urbach, the queer space is discussed. In his text,
Discussion – #MeToo
08.03.2018
The Literaturhaus invites you to Cabaret Voltaire, where Annette Hug, Sylvia Sasse, Nadia Brügger and Manuel Bamert are going to have an open discussion. Women and men are currently trying
Exhibition: “Frau Architekt. Seit mehr als 100 Jahren Frauen im Architektenberuf”, 30.09.2017–08.03.2018, Deutsches Architekturmuseum DAM, Frankfurt
22.02.2018
FRAU ARCHITEKT: SEIT MEHR ALS 100 JAHREN FRAUEN IM ARCHITEKTENBERUF Die Ausstellung Frau Architekt. Seit mehr als 100 Jahren: Frauen im Architektenberuf ist vom 30. September 2017 bis am 8. März
Review – Arab Women in Architecture
12.02.2018
As announced on this blog here, the 1. Architektur Film Tage in Zurich took place on November 17-19th and hold the projection of the documentary “Arab Women in architecture”.
Matrix Feminist Design Cooperative
12.01.2018
The Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative was set up in 1980 as an architectural practice and a book group that grew out of the Feminist Design Collective. They were one of
Advance Notice: Lecture by Nina Power
11.01.2018
Nina Power is a senior lecturer in philosophy at Roehampton University in London, author and blogger, combining philosophy, art, film and political activism in her work. She wrote the book
CFP: “Women’s Creativity Since the Modern Movement (1918-2018)”
11.01.2018
Women’s Creativity since the Modern Movement (1918-2018): Toward a New Perception and Reception International Conference on 13th til 16th June 2018 – Politecnico di Torino – Lingotto Campus Via Nizza
Educating Women: A Feminist Agenda – by bell hooks
19.11.2017
Educating Women: A Feminist Agenda – by bell hooks – Published in: Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (Boston: South End Press, 1984) In “Educating Women: A Feminist Agenda” bell
Unisex Toilets Action at ETH
05.11.2017
Last month, a group of student organized a small-scale action in the restrooms of the HIL building at ETH Zürich. During one day, they removed all gender signs on the
Sex Separation: Gendered Toilets
28.10.2017
Why are our public restrooms genderly segregated ? Why do we feel unconfortable with the idea of shared public restroom ? This is what Terry Kogan tries to understand in
Advance Notice: Lecture by An Fonteyne
28.10.2017
Professor An Fonteyne (*1971), currently Professor at Hasselt University, Belgium, as Associate Professor of Architecture and Design. An Fonteyne advocates a building culture that pays particular attention to the economic and social boundary conditions of construction, as a counterweight to the trend for self-oriented and object-related architecture. By appointing An Fonteyne, the Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich is gaining an incisive teacher and an outstanding architect. With her particular background she introduces an important theme to the department: construction in existing contexts, which will be of increasing relevance to the architects of the future.
Advance Notice: Exhibition in Paris Women House
28.10.2017
Women House is the meeting of two notions: a gender – the female – and a space – the domestic one. Architecture and public space have been masculine while the
Discussion: Texts by Beatriz Colomina and Paul Preciado
27.10.2017
Thoughts about the texts “The Split Wall: Domestic Voyeurism” by Beatriz Colomina and “Pornotopia or the Architecture of Playboy” by Paul (Beatriz) Preciado. Loos and Materiality – As Loos is an
Pornotopia or the architecture of Playboy
13.10.2017
We are at the beginning of the fifties, WWII is over, the Gis are returning home. The “suburban family” ideology is very strong. Women should stay at home taking care
The Split wall: Domestic Voyeurism – Beatriz Colomina
11.10.2017
Le Corbusier quoted ones Adolf Loos as followed: „A cultivated man does not look out of the window; his window is a ground grass; it is there only to
Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire, Judith Butler
03.10.2017
In her Text ”Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire”, (published in Gender Trouble: Feminism and the subversion of Identity, New York: Routledge, 1990, 6-16) Judith Butler expands the feminist distinction of sex and