Case Studies

This series of illustrated case studies highlights and clarifies key issues in the debate around gender and gender equality in the built environment - for example, women's role in the architecture and planning professions; women's safety in the urban environment; the division and organisation of built space along gendered lines; the implications of transport planning and housing design for gender equality; and the gendered quality of materials used in the built environment.

The case studies provide a first point of access to the extensive and wide-ranging literature contained in the Gendersite database of bibliographic references.  They at once constitute an overview of the concerns which have motivated the construction of this resource, and a launchpad for further research and information on a range of important issues relating to the design, management and future evolution of the built environment for the benefit of society as a whole, both in the UK and internationally.

• A Female Role Model from Brazil: Lina Bo Bardi, Architect
• Materials in the Built Environment: Girli Concrete
• Safety in Public Urban Space: The Work of Women's Design Service
• Regeneration: Oxfam's Work at Govan, UK
• The Changing Shape of Gender and the Built Environment in the UK
• Gendered Space in Traditional Architecture
• Women Planners in Africa
• Planning the Non-Sexist City: the Eurofem Initiative and Beyond