Spatial Practices within Architecture

What influence do feminist theories have on architectural practice and planning processes? What role do women’s participation and resistance play in shaping public cesses? spaces? How can new strategies for designing public spaces address the needs of marginalized groups, and how can intersectional feminist approaches be applied to our built environment?

The Section for Landscape Architecture and Planning - Design and the Goethe-Institut Denmark invite you to a panel discussion on the complex relationship between feminism, architecture, and public space. Three renowned architecture experts from Germany and Denmark will critically examine the roles of women and marginalized groups in architecture and landscape planning. German and Danish speakers will present and discuss both theoretical and practical approaches to collective organizational models in architecture and landscape planning. Using concrete examples, they will demonstrate how shared spatial strategies can bring about positive change for marginalized groups.

Ursula Schwitalla

Art historian, curator, and author. In 2021, she published Women in Architecture: Past, Present, and Future. She is the founder and board member of the network Diversity in Architecture and the initiator of the DIVIA Award (Diversity in Architecture Award).

Martine Lynge Lyngesen

Architect and founding member of the network Building Diversity, which was recently honored with the Dreyer Prize for promoting diversity in the built environment.

Heidi Svenningsen Kajita

Architect, associate professor, and member of the research group Landscape Architecture and Urbanism, specializing in the analysis and planning of urban landscapes. Heidi Svenningsen Kajita will moderate the discussion.

Admission is free, and a glass of wine will be served after the discussion