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In this book, Lori Brown examines the relationship between space,
defined physically, legally and legislatively, and how these
factors directly impact the spaces of abortion. It analyzes how
various political entities shape the physical landscapes of
inclusion and exclusion to reproductive healthcare access, and
questions what architecture's responsibilities are in respect to
this spatial conflict. Employing writing, drawing and mapping
methodologies, this interdisciplinary project explores restrictions
and legislatures which directly influence abortion policy in the
US, Mexico and Canada. It questions how these legal rulings produce
spatial complexities and why architecture isn't more culturally and
spatially engaged with these spaces. In Mexico, where abortion is
fully legal only in Mexico City during the first trimester, women
must travel vast distances and undergo extreme conditions in order
to access the procedure. Conservative state governments continue to
make abortion a severely punishable crime. In Canada, there are
nowhere near the cultural and religious stigmas to abortion as in
the US and Mexico. Completely legal and without restrictions,
Canada offers an important contrast to the ongoing abortion issues
within the US and Mexico. Researching the spatial implications of
such a politicized space, this book expands beyond a study of
abortion clinic and includes other spaces such as women's shelters
and hospitals that require multiple levels of secured spaces in
order to discuss the spatial ramifications of access and security
within spaces that are highly personal, private, and sometimes
secret or even hidden. In questioning what architecture's
responsibility is in these spatial conflicts, the book looks at how
what architecture 'does' can be used to reconsider the spaces and
security around such contested places, and ultimately suggests what
design's potential impact might be. In doing so, it shows how
architecture's role might be redefined within social and spatial
practices.
Women continue to be extremely under-represented in the
architectural profession. Despite equal numbers of male and female
students entering architectural studies, there is at least 17-25%
attrition of female students and not all remaining become
practicing architects. In both the academic and the professional
fields of architecture, positions of power and authority are almost
entirely male, and as such, the profession is defined by a
heterosexual, Eurasian male perspective. This book argues that it
is vital for all architectural students and practitioners to be
exposed to a diversity of contemporary architectural practices, as
this might provide a first step into broadening awareness and
transforming architectural engagement. It considers the
relationships between feminist methodologies and the various
approaches toward design and their impact upon our understanding
and relationship to the built environment. In doing so, this
collection challenges two conventional ideas: firstly, the
definition of architecture and secondly, what constitutes a
feminist practice. This collection of up-and-coming female
architects and designers use a wide range of local and global
examples of their work to question different aspects of these two
conventional ideas. While focusing on feminist perspectives, the
book offers insights into many different issues, concerns and
interpretations of architecture, proposing through these types of
engagement, architecture can become more culturally, politically
and environmentally relevant. This 'next generation' of architects
claim feminism as their own and through doing so, help define what
feminism means and how it is evolving in the 21st century.
In this book, Lori Brown examines the relationship between space,
defined physically, legally and legislatively, and how these
factors directly impact the spaces of abortion. It analyzes how
various political entities shape the physical landscapes of
inclusion and exclusion to reproductive healthcare access, and
questions what architecture's responsibilities are in respect to
this spatial conflict. Employing writing, drawing and mapping
methodologies, this interdisciplinary project explores restrictions
and legislatures which directly influence abortion policy in the
US, Mexico and Canada. It questions how these legal rulings produce
spatial complexities and why architecture isn't more culturally and
spatially engaged with these spaces. In Mexico, where abortion is
fully legal only in Mexico City during the first trimester, women
must travel vast distances and undergo extreme conditions in order
to access the procedure. Conservative state governments continue to
make abortion a severely punishable crime. In Canada, there are
nowhere near the cultural and religious stigmas to abortion as in
the US and Mexico. Completely legal and without restrictions,
Canada offers an important contrast to the ongoing abortion issues
within the US and Mexico. Researching the spatial implications of
such a politicized space, this book expands beyond a study of
abortion clinic and includes other spaces such as women's shelters
and hospitals that require multiple levels of secured spaces in
order to discuss the spatial ramifications of access and security
within spaces that are highly personal, private, and sometimes
secret or even hidden. In questioning what architecture's
responsibility is in these spatial conflicts, the book looks at how
what architecture 'does' can be used to reconsider the spaces and
security around such contested places, and ultimately suggests what
design's potential impact might be. In doing so, it shows how
architecture's role might be redefined within social and spatial
practices.
Women continue to be extremely under-represented in the
architectural profession. Despite equal numbers of male and female
students entering architectural studies, there is at least 17-25%
attrition of female students and not all remaining become
practicing architects. In both the academic and the professional
fields of architecture, positions of power and authority are almost
entirely male, and as such, the profession is defined by a
heterosexual, Eurasian male perspective. This book argues that it
is vital for all architectural students and practitioners to be
exposed to a diversity of contemporary architectural practices, as
this might provide a first step into broadening awareness and
transforming architectural engagement. It considers the
relationships between feminist methodologies and the various
approaches toward design and their impact upon our understanding
and relationship to the built environment. In doing so, this
collection challenges two conventional ideas: firstly, the
definition of architecture and secondly, what constitutes a
feminist practice. This collection of up-and-coming female
architects and designers use a wide range of local and global
examples of their work to question different aspects of these two
conventional ideas. While focusing on feminist perspectives, the
book offers insights into many different issues, concerns and
interpretations of architecture, proposing through these types of
engagement, architecture can become more culturally, politically
and environmentally relevant. This 'next generation' of architects
claim feminism as their own and through doing so, help define what
feminism means and how it is evolving in the 21st century.
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