Hi Marcus, unfortunately I can not be at the event; but I am really
interested on this subject. Is it possible to have some feedback after the
seminar? Is it possible to have the communications that are going to be
presented?
Best regards to everyone
Cristina Caramelo Gomes
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Subject: FW: [INCLUSIVE-DESIGN] Women, House Design and Domestic Space: LWPF
seminar
This may be of interest to some people on our list
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WOMEN, HOUSE DESIGN AND DOMESTIC SPACE
London Women and Planning Forum Seminar
Wednesday 24th March
1.30 - 5.30
City Centre Seminar Room, Department of Geography Queen Mary, University of
London
This half-day seminar focuses on house design and domestic space from a
gender perspective. Taking some recent reports and debates on housing space
standards as a starting point, the event will consider the historical and
contemporary involvement of women in house design, women's changing needs
with regard to domestic spaces, and the implications of a gender perspective
when formulating housing and space standards policies.
Speakers:
Yolande Barnes
Director - Residential Research, Savills Yolande is Director of Research
with Savills, the UK's largest real estate services company, and is also a
Director of Design for Homes, a not-for-profit company which champions the
value of good residential design, planning and construction.
Dr Elizabeth Darling
Senior Lecturer in History of Art, Oxford Brookes University Elizabeth works
on 20th century British architectural history with a particular interest in
inter-war modernism, social housing, and gender.
David Levitt/Julia Park
Levitt Bernstein Associates
Levitt Bernstein is an award-winning architectural practice with a
progressive outlook towards design and the development process. Both David
and Julia have expertise in the area of space standards and housing design.
Anne Thorne
Partner, Anne Thorne Architects Partnership Anne has worked as an architect
for twenty five years, and has always focused on women's use of the
environment and their participation in its creation both as users and as
designers.
The seminar fee is £25, £10 for concessions, and free to members of QMUL.
Payable on the day in cash or cheque. To reserve a place please contact the
LWPF administrator, Evelyn Owen, at [log in to unmask], or Department of
Geography, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS.
See www.lwpf.org.uk for more information about LWPF and this seminar.
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