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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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