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Women in architecture. Ten opinions ten architects.
The documentary Architects shows the different situations that the women who are dedicated to the field of architecture. A reportage carried out by the architect and cultural manager Ariadna Cantis Silberstein.
In the video interview, ten architects give their testimony and their opinion about the female condition and how they develop professionally in the field of architecture (Interviewed: Izaskun Chinchilla, Blanca Lleó, Almudena de Benito, Eva Gil, Liliana Obal, Maria Buey, Isabel Sanchez, Carmen Espegel, Carolina Gonzalez Vivesnes, Sánchez de Madariaga.). Each architect, through the images they share information, occasions and experiences, in unison that they are being aware of the need to increase the visibility of their work, starting a process of change that is as irreversible as it is precise.
“Architecture is a professional field to which women have joined late. In Spain, the first titled architect was Matilde Ucelay, in Madrid, in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six. Since that time, and in a sustained way, the female student body has been increasing in the Schools of Architecture up to over fifty percent «says Cantis Silberstein.
When it comes to gender inequality in the world of architecture: In the United States alone, women make up almost half of the student body in architecture schools, and yet those numbers drop dramatically in the professional field, where women They make up a paltry 18 percent of licensed architects, and worse, they suffer from a number of well-documented wage and social inequalities that prevent them from moving up the ladder. Worldwide, only three of the top 100 companies are run by women.
Critics have opined that the enduring myth of the star architect of machismo - who troublesomely heralds a singular and heroic talent at the forefront of an inherently collaborative discipline - is largely to blame for the systemic social and sexual biases that continue to plague architecture today. Architecture's #MeToo movement came later than other creative disciplines, and it didn't surprise many within the field.
Yet in its wake, the movement has ignited a wave of activism that has continued to resonate, with energetic protests at the recent Venice Architecture Biennale and the AIA Annual Conference. It is a paradox that even in the 21st century, architecture can continue to be a challenging career for women, see article most relevant architects of the 20th century, and gender inequality continues to be a cause for concern. However, there are female architects who challenge the men's club of the profession every day and have had a profound impact on architecture as we know it today.
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