Architecture & Women
Architecture and women: when the phrase said out loud they do go together and flow with each other and create a meaning. I focused on this particular idea because I wanted to portray how women can achieve anything they put their minds to. Women have it the hardest by far and they know how much of a struggle they have to go through to get to a point in life or to achieve a goal. No matter what culture it is, women are looked down upon and some things will never change, but we can change that if all of us women work together. I want to portray in my project that strength and dedication is within the women themselves and, by showing how some women were hit with many obstacles and they still did it. I wanted to portray how hard many women work throughout life and they sometimes never get a break but they still keep going. Why? Because they have a goal set ahead of them and they have to accomplish it. We learned in class that women always went through a rough time and always had to fight for what they wanted to do. For example, when women wanted to work, they were mocked day and night about how they should be at home raising a family. Or, when they wanted to pursue an art career, the society would give them a hard time. In my presentation, I talk about different female architects who are a few of the many motivational female architects. I chose the topic architecture and women because when society thinks of an architect, they normally think a man standing with his yellow construction hat and laying out his designs. However, I wanted to change that perspective, and introduce the female architects that are behind the art of this game too. And these women have made designs which will make a person stare in awe. I wanted to make a project that would fight the stereotypes that women face on a regular basis. The reason I chose "architecture" from all the types of art I could have chosen, I chose the "architecture" part of art because I have always had an interest in architecture. And I have always designing the layout of the room or small things like that. I also wanted to choose this topic because some people would argue that architecture is not an art, but that is wrong. After watching my video (link below), you will see all these designs from the 1800's until the present day and they are purely art designs. There is some math in there and some science and some history in there but, it is all a concept of art filled inside. And that was a major point which I also wanted to put across because after doing more research for this project, I saw more and more art within it.
Architecture and women: when the phrase said out loud they do go together and flow with each other and create a meaning. I focused on this particular idea because I wanted to portray how women can achieve anything they put their minds to. Women have it the hardest by far and they know how much of a struggle they have to go through to get to a point in life or to achieve a goal. No matter what culture it is, women are looked down upon and some things will never change, but we can change that if all of us women work together. I want to portray in my project that strength and dedication is within the women themselves and, by showing how some women were hit with many obstacles and they still did it. I wanted to portray how hard many women work throughout life and they sometimes never get a break but they still keep going. Why? Because they have a goal set ahead of them and they have to accomplish it. We learned in class that women always went through a rough time and always had to fight for what they wanted to do. For example, when women wanted to work, they were mocked day and night about how they should be at home raising a family. Or, when they wanted to pursue an art career, the society would give them a hard time. In my presentation, I talk about different female architects who are a few of the many motivational female architects. I chose the topic architecture and women because when society thinks of an architect, they normally think a man standing with his yellow construction hat and laying out his designs. However, I wanted to change that perspective, and introduce the female architects that are behind the art of this game too. And these women have made designs which will make a person stare in awe. I wanted to make a project that would fight the stereotypes that women face on a regular basis. The reason I chose "architecture" from all the types of art I could have chosen, I chose the "architecture" part of art because I have always had an interest in architecture. And I have always designing the layout of the room or small things like that. I also wanted to choose this topic because some people would argue that architecture is not an art, but that is wrong. After watching my video (link below), you will see all these designs from the 1800's until the present day and they are purely art designs. There is some math in there and some science and some history in there but, it is all a concept of art filled inside. And that was a major point which I also wanted to put across because after doing more research for this project, I saw more and more art within it.
In my project, there are 3 parts: I made a video introducing the concepts and introducing the women behind all this artwork, then wrote an essay which is in PDF form (for everything which could not be explained in the video including long paragraphs and descriptions of artists) and a poster for a propaganda technique so everyone is aware about a movement to end this stereotype. I structured my project this way because it was more organized and interesting. To reach the audience outside of the classroom, the video I made about this topic is posted on my youtube channel and is made public to everyone along with the poster I made which I plan to find a spot on the wall for it in the University and keep it as a self-reminder that women can indeed do anything they put their mind to.
LINK TO MY VIDEO
Press play to watch the video or click the "link to my video". Also, the video is posted on my youtube channel with the link above.
Press play to watch the video or click the "link to my video". Also, the video is posted on my youtube channel with the link above.
Architecture & Women Video (click play)
Click here to view the PDF (essay) with all the information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-fE7Xpjs8D8OcKuloNEvQK-mhliP_4x3/view?usp=sharing
Zaha Hadid's Interview (click play)
As mentioned in the PDF, Neri Oxman's famous TED Talk:
Neri Oxman's TED Talk (More about her in the PDF)
THE POSTER PART OF THE PROJECT: This final part of my project was to capture outside public attention about the project and about the fight (Fight the sexism and Let Women Build). The poster will be hanging in the art building and the goal is whoever passes by it will be interested to find out more about it. Also, it is somewhat of a "propaganda" technique. This way, more people can be aware about the struggle women face and help to stop the sexism. A picture of the poster is attached below.
References:
- Google images
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