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ROTHSCHILD, Joan. Form, Feminism and Technology: bridging the gaps between designers and users. In: NUTAU: ARQUITETURA E URBANISMO: TECNOLOGIAS PARA O SÉCULO XXI, 2., 1998, São Paulo. Anais... São Paulo: USP, 1998.
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Abstract

This paper applies a gender perspective to the tensions and gaps between designers and users. Although increasing numbers of women have entered the architecture profession, the majority of designers remain men. And while both women and men use the built environment, especially when it comes to housing, women are the main users. Therefore, to the power imbalance existing between the expert professional and the lay user is added the power imbalance between the sexes that is embedded in the social structure. Given these inequalities, we ask how well are the varied structural needs of women, both at home and in the workplace, being met by the design community? Further, since women make up disproportionate numbers among the poor and the aged, and because as caregivers women affect the well-being of children and other Others, their needs encompass a wide variety of populations of both sexes. This paper provides examples of the ways that feminist designers have sought to respond to the varied needs of many groups of users of the built environment. Technology in relation to architectural design and practice is used in two senses: as process and a means of control. As feminist designers listen and speak to users' needs, they help to create and further a process that can overcome designer-user tensions and gaps, proposing solutions that meet both technological and aesthetic criteria.
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