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Daniela Arias Laurino

un día una arquitecta

Granada, Spain
PhD in Gender and architectural history ETSAB UPC. Architect graduated from FADU, Uruguay. Master in Theory and History of Architecture (ETSAB UPC). Master Laboratorio de la Vivienda Sostenible del Siglo XXI* (UPC).

Call for ideas 2019

Alterotopias Discursivas


FINAL_FINAL | First dpr-barcelona Writing Grant.

Alterotopias Discursivas


FINAL_FINAL | First dpr-barcelona Writing Grant.
Rewrite fragments of the mainstream architectural historiography by including women's contributions.
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Type of project
  • New alliances

Architectural and urban future faces a deep and necessary social and ecological transformation. Gender, sustainability and inclusion policies are urgently needed.
In this context, let us consider a fiction based on another socio-cultural and political paradigm far beyond the patriarchal system that has dominated our human history: a rewriting of that history in which 20th century women (designers, activists, teachers, curators, writers or publishers) without recognition become visible.
Could women's contributions have changed the course of our present if they had been considerate by the hegemonic texts that shaped our professional practice? This project aims to imagine other [alter] narratives, like alternative proposals spaces [topos].
A wider reading space where women's contributions acquire the same relevance as men's. The impact of turning existing narratives into fair and inclusive places seeks to modify our thinking structures in order to change our present.


Diagram of the origin of discrimination against women designers in the official historiography of architecture. Source: research work by Daniela Arias Laurino

Summary table of the instruments and discriminatory patterns defined by the author for an historiographic review. Source: research work by Daniela Arias Laurino.

A synthetic sketch of the conceptual forms and mechanisms used by the narrative of exaltation and which promotes excluding narratives. Source: research work by Daniela Arias Laurino.

New and verified stories to renew old and partial ones.

Alterotopias Discursivas


FINAL_FINAL | First dpr-barcelona Writing Grant.

Alterotopias Discursivas


FINAL_FINAL | First dpr-barcelona Writing Grant.
Rewrite fragments of the mainstream architectural historiography by including women's contributions.
File under
Type of project
  • New alliances

Architectural and urban future faces a deep and necessary social and ecological transformation. Gender, sustainability and inclusion policies are urgently needed.
In this context, let us consider a fiction based on another socio-cultural and political paradigm far beyond the patriarchal system that has dominated our human history: a rewriting of that history in which 20th century women (designers, activists, teachers, curators, writers or publishers) without recognition become visible.
Could women's contributions have changed the course of our present if they had been considerate by the hegemonic texts that shaped our professional practice? This project aims to imagine other [alter] narratives, like alternative proposals spaces [topos].
A wider reading space where women's contributions acquire the same relevance as men's. The impact of turning existing narratives into fair and inclusive places seeks to modify our thinking structures in order to change our present.


Diagram of the origin of discrimination against women designers in the official historiography of architecture. Source: research work by Daniela Arias Laurino

Summary table of the instruments and discriminatory patterns defined by the author for an historiographic review. Source: research work by Daniela Arias Laurino.

A synthetic sketch of the conceptual forms and mechanisms used by the narrative of exaltation and which promotes excluding narratives. Source: research work by Daniela Arias Laurino.

New and verified stories to renew old and partial ones.


Idea by

Daniela Arias Laurino
un día una arquitecta
Granada
Spain
PhD in Gender and architectural history ETSAB UPC. Architect graduated from FADU, Uruguay. Master in Theory and History of Architecture (ETSAB UPC). Master Laboratorio de la Vivienda Sostenible del Siglo XXI* (UPC).