The Architecture of Gender in South America
<p>This conversation with Liliana De Simone has for ambition to address the way architecture necessarily considers an idealized normalized body in order to conceive itself. Such a consideration almost always follows the dominant essentialization of bodies and this discussion addresses one in particular, gender. We first describe the canonical standardized bodies (often male) as defined by Le Corbusier, Neufert, and Dreyfuss. Then, we address more specifically the situation in South America (Colombia and Chile) and Liliana’s interest for urban policy making in this matter. We finish the conversation with the gender violence that resilience to catastrophes reasserts, in particular in the case of the recent fire that burnt to the ground an entire slum of Valparaiso (Chile).</p>
Host: Léopold Lambert
Guests: Liliana De Simone
Part of: The Funambulist Podcast