Architecture and Gender: Introduction

About this programme

The course aims at providing tools for pursuing feminist interpretations of architecture and by extension creating new architecture. In the course we will study contemporary feminist theory and architectural practices and investigate how buildings and other built or arranged structures relate to them. Please note that Students not located in Sweden may have problems attending a course at KTH. You could meet obstacles if you're required to pay fees or if you do not have a Swedish Mobile BankID. Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format. The course consists of a series of 10-12 lectures combined with workshop-assignments and seminar discussions In the course we will study contemporary feminist theory and architectural practices and investigate how buildings and other built or arranged structures relate to them. We will pursue a feminist critique of architectural culture and its relation to sexuality, ethnicity, class, and as preserving power in relation to ’masculinist’ aesthetics and taste. The course is structured around a series of concepts, such as for example hetero normativity, gender performance, and intersectionality, that are discussed in their relation to architecture. The course aims at providing tools for pursuing feminist interpretations of architecture and by extension creating new architecture. In the course we will study contemporary feminist theory and architectural practices and investigate how buildings and other built or arranged structures relate to them.