Habitar los espacios : una (re)visión del concepto de Casa y una aproximación desde el género

Abstract

Our Degree's Final Project is set around the idea of Home, about how Homes have been inhabited over time and how they have been experienced by men and women, given our belief that gender influences the use. While Habitat Studies have a long history, studies and bibliography linking habitat and gender are still scarce, although there have been interesting approaches, contained in the State of the theoretical section. The project's inner structure approaches the issue from general ideas to particular details. First, the project presents a necessarily brief overview of Home History, since its beginning to the present day. Then, we offer an analysis of the private space configuration. Later, we will focus on the contemporary home and its relation to the other elements that make up space and urban centers. The relationship of men and women in such spaces is an underlying issue in our whole project. We also reflect on some female architects who have succeeded to become leaders in a traditionally man-dominated world. Finally, we establish some conclusions that should always be understood as provisional, given the nature of this sort of research.