{"id":799,"date":"2020-07-28T19:35:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T18:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feministssoa.group.shef.ac.uk\/?p=799"},"modified":"2025-06-15T23:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T22:20:07","slug":"feminist-pasts-and-female-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/?p=799","title":{"rendered":"Feminist Pasts and Female Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Title:<\/strong> <strong>Feminist Pasts and Female Futures:<\/strong> <em>The Evolution of Ideas Within Feminist Architectural Practices in the UK<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Author:<\/strong> Aisha Khan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Year:<\/strong> 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Abstract:<\/strong> Feminist architectural practice has progressed considerably in the past 60 years, the 1970s being the first preview for explicitly feminist spatial practices in the UK. Over time, the definition of feminism and its social connotations have adapted, but currently stands as the \u2018advocacy of women\u2019s rights on the grounds of the equality of the sexes\u2019. Feminist design principles stem from inclusive design, seeing a building\u2019s occupants as people rather than just users of space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">This study outlines the evolution and transformation of ideas within British feminist architectural practices to assess the priorities of ideas within the field. Following this development of specific feminist practices gives an opportunity to track the evolution of ideas and their adaptation to changing social factors. Many of these practices share values, each with an ethos that lies alongside feminism and inclusivity in design, allowing them to evolve with these ideas at their core.<br>However, changes in social and political contexts have seen new ideas come in<br>an out of the feminist theory. I have therefore decided to investigate case studies<br>to draw parallels and identify differences throughout the decades. To summarise this evolution, this study analyses six key practices:<br>1970s: The New Architecture Movement<br>1980s: Matrix<br>1990s: muf<br>2000s: taking place<br>2010s: Tactility Factory 2020s: PRAXXIS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Feminist_Pasts_and_Female_Futures_Aisha_Khan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aisha Khan, Special Study Dissertation, 2020.  This study outlines the evolution and transformation of ideas within British feminist architectural practices to assess the priorities of ideas within the field. 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