In June 2015, Making spaces back then named L’Espace Feminin hosted the first of a series of Discussion Dinners aimed at stimulating conversation around the subject of women in spatial practices.
We invited a selection of guests whose work, research or interests paralleled those of the project.
The first dinner took place during Make City Festival and thus we benefited from the multitude of international interesting guests who were in Berlin at that time.
The exchange of ideas between guests was predicated on the belief that all those who attended the dinner had interesting contributions to make to the discussion. We invited architects, urbanists, academics, and more, hoping to accumulate expertise to fuel a well-informed discussion.
By inviting these people, we also hoped to encourage the begininng of a network.
We invited a selection of guests whose work, research or interests paralleled those of the project.
The first dinner took place during Make City Festival and thus we benefited from the multitude of international interesting guests who were in Berlin at that time.
The exchange of ideas between guests was predicated on the belief that all those who attended the dinner had interesting contributions to make to the discussion. We invited architects, urbanists, academics, and more, hoping to accumulate expertise to fuel a well-informed discussion.
By inviting these people, we also hoped to encourage the begininng of a network.
In order to prompt engaged debate, guests were asked to respond to a set of questions printed on their placemats.
With hindsight they could have been phrased or positioned differently, but it is only with reflection on the discussions of the evening that we can appreciate that, and therein lies the beauty of this self-reflexive event. It is possible to trace the development of the questions from the first dinner to the second in October 2015, and finally to the hopefully more sophisticated questions in 2017.
With hindsight they could have been phrased or positioned differently, but it is only with reflection on the discussions of the evening that we can appreciate that, and therein lies the beauty of this self-reflexive event. It is possible to trace the development of the questions from the first dinner to the second in October 2015, and finally to the hopefully more sophisticated questions in 2017.
PLACEMAT QUESTIONS:
1. Does space have gender?
2. Does the fact that you are a woman influence your practice/work ethic? How?
3. When speaking about feminine spatial practice, attributes such as “social” or “participative” persist. Are those valid labels in your opinion?
4. Name one woman in the field of architecture/spatial practice/urban planning that should be a reference for L’Espace Feminin.
1. Does space have gender?
2. Does the fact that you are a woman influence your practice/work ethic? How?
3. When speaking about feminine spatial practice, attributes such as “social” or “participative” persist. Are those valid labels in your opinion?
4. Name one woman in the field of architecture/spatial practice/urban planning that should be a reference for L’Espace Feminin.
PARTICIPANTS:
Monika Stepanovà, Francesca Ferguson, Cathy Larqué, Stefanie Unternährer, Anna Sophie Springer, Jean Pascal Flavien, Lia Henneberger, Valentina Karga, Joanne Pouzenc, Gilly Karjevsky, Doina Petrescu, Ethel Baraona Pohl, Amalia Zepou, Fabienne Hoelzel, Iva Cukic, Ilka Ruby, Ariadna Cantis, Rosario Talevi, Christina Landbrecht, Katharina Beckmann, Stefanie Gerke and Nele Heinevetter.
Monika Stepanovà, Francesca Ferguson, Cathy Larqué, Stefanie Unternährer, Anna Sophie Springer, Jean Pascal Flavien, Lia Henneberger, Valentina Karga, Joanne Pouzenc, Gilly Karjevsky, Doina Petrescu, Ethel Baraona Pohl, Amalia Zepou, Fabienne Hoelzel, Iva Cukic, Ilka Ruby, Ariadna Cantis, Rosario Talevi, Christina Landbrecht, Katharina Beckmann, Stefanie Gerke and Nele Heinevetter.