After successful completion of the course, students are able to ...
... to recognize and describe structures and practices of action and the associated implicit values of the field of architecture in teaching and practice that make it difficult for many people who do not conform to the classical image of an architect to practice architecture professionally. By formulating their own differentiated position, students will be able to describe conditions and design possibilities needed to make the profession equally and equitably accessible to all who wish to remain.
ATTENTION:
IN THE POOL APPLICATION PLEASE UPLOAD A LETTER OF MOTIVATION IN THE FORM OF A FLYER!!!:
Design a flyer against a discriminatory work culture in architecture. Think about a concrete starting point.
(Questions e.g. Who will refinance my education if I can't work without discrimination and statistically have little chance of advancement? If you are not affected yourself, put yourself in the shoes of someone who is.)
Components:
- Layout of a flyer with arguments and demands.
- On an extra sheet: Short description of the action (½ p. DIN A4), circulation, place of distribution.
WHOSE TIME(S)?
Came to Stay.
Artistic project WS 2023/2024
Claiming*Spaces Visiting Professor Karin Hartmann
Came to stay - we don't leave anymore
Came to stay - like a perfect spot
__From: From here on blind, Wir sind Helden, 2005
The professional image of "the architect" has come under criticism in recent years. The planning is too one-dimensional, the field of work is not diverse enough, and the narratives are too antiquated. Many therefore leave the profession they actually love shortly after graduating. Structural and systemic factors combined with discrimination signal to women in particular, but also to other marginalized groups, that there is no place for them in architecture.[1] Their drop-out on the one hand and the promotion of an implicitly patriarchal culture on the other leads to a largely homogeneous planning field that by no means does justice to all realities of life. A Gen Z espousing new values, the complex realities of the climate crisis, and the simple call for equitable career access for all make an update to the culture of work in architecture more urgent than ever.
In the artistic project 2023/2024 WHOSE TIME(S)? Came to Stay, we would like to question the work culture in architectural teaching and practice - with the intention of formulating a critical position that makes staying possible for everyone. How do we succeed in opening up the profession to diverse ways of acting? What specifically bothers us, what is missing? What atmosphere do I myself need in order to work well? How can I create this for myself and others? How can we, for example, anchor love or a new time policy in architecture? What new concepts of masculinity does architecture need? How do we break away from planning focused on Western concepts of thinking? So what culture and spaces do we need to stay?
With different perspectives (e.g. philosophy) and formats (e.g. book, film), we want to address the question in the artistic project WHOSE TIME(S)? Came to Stay to critically approach the work culture and the values represented in it in architecture with a feminist-intersectional approach, in order to individually and collectively create a holistic picture of the urgently needed changes.
[1] Hartmann 2022, p. 127
DATES:
The course will be held in blocks and will take place on the following dates:
FR. 6.10.23 - 10:00 am - Introduction (ZOOM)
DO 19.10.23 - 14:00-17:00 / FR 20.10.23 - 09:00-16:00 :: 1st block
DO 09.11.23 - 14:00-17:00 / FR 10.11.23 - 09:00-16:00 :: 2nd block
DO 14.12.23 - 14:00-17:00 / FR 15.12.23 - 09:00-16:00 ::: 3rd block
DO 18.01.24 - 14:00-17:00 h / FR 19.01.24 - 09:00-16:00 h :: 4th block
FR 10:00 am - online meeting (ZOOM).
VENUE:
DO in seminar room AC0440, staircase 10, 4th floor.
FR to be announced.
Karin Hartmann is an architect and an author as well as associate member of the Bund Deutscher Architektinnen und Architekten (BDA). She researches, writes, and speaks on building culture and intersectional feminism. Since 2013 she has initiated artistic and architectural interventions in the urban fabric of Paderborn and written for both industry publications and her own blog. From 2016 to 2021 she was a policy officer at the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), and she has worked as a freelancer and for Baukultur Nordrhein-Westfalen since 2021. She is chair of the architektinnen initiative nw. In the winter semester 2023/24 she is a guest of the Claiming*Spaces collective at TU Wien, which advocates intersectional-feminist perspectives in architecture and spatial planning: www.claimingspaces.org
Input lectures, reading of intersectional feminist texts, exhibition visits, discussion and reflection meetings, project elaboration, interim and final presentations, exploration of the possibilities of collaborative feminist learning.
