Women in Architecture

3 units

This research seminar will examine how women have shaped the field of architecture as practitioners, critics, researchers, and clients over the last two centuries, situating their work and their ideas within the canon of modern architecture through diverse historical and theoretical frameworks.It will trace the genealogical threads of key female figures in relation to international schools of thought, exploring the ways in which they contributed to the representation and production of space in the modern world.This seminar will also examine feminine discourses that both converged with and diverged from the dominant discourses of the field in order to shed light on the historical and cultural contexts that defined women's roles as architects and as consumers of architecture. The course will cover key female figures in the field of architecture, including: Louisa Tuthill, Louise Blanchard Bethune, Sophia Hayden Marion Mahoney, Julia Morgan, Charlotte Perriand, Jaqueline Tyrwhitt, Catherine Bauer, Jane Drew, Minette de Silva, Cathrine Beecher, Miho Hamaguchi, Allison Smithson, Denise Scott-Brown, Adele Santos, Zaha Hadid, and others. Final project will be an exhibition.