Yale School of Architecture exhibition questions gender disparity in the industry
The student-led exhibition hopes to start a conversation about gender dynamics in the field of architecture Is the environment in architecture schools, and the field overall, inherently biased against women" That?s the question a group of students at the Yale School of Architecture (YSoA) pose in a new exhibition titled ?A Seat at the Table.?
This April, shortly after the publication of the Shitty Architecture Men list and the emergence of sexual harassment allegations against architect Richard Meier, Deborah Berke, the dean at YSoA, convened a series of forums to discuss the impact of the #MeToo movement on the world of architecture.
The idea for the exhibition arose from those forums, as well as discussions among students following the talks. According to students, there was a general sense of frustration that the forums weren?t bringing about any resolutions, so they set out to create a space where students could talk about their feelings and experiences more openly.
Kay Yang
?We were getting together as a school and getting more frustrated than beforehand because it felt like nothing was actually being discussed,? said one of the members of YSoA?s Equality in Design, the student coalition that worked to create the exhibit. Students within the coalition asked to remain anonymous so as not to give one student?s voice preference over the other. ?We felt that creating a physical space on campus was a very literal response to changing that, [a...
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