Architecture is both the process and product of designing environments for people which reflect a range of practical and aesthetic considerations ....

1. Architecture &
Urban
Geography
Lesley-Ann Noel
The University of the West Indies
Dept. of Creative & Festival Arts
Lesley-ann.noel@sta.uwi.edu

2. Architecture is both the
process and product of
designing environments for
people which reflect a range
of practical and aesthetic
considerations

3. Architecture is
both the process
and product of
designing
environments for
people which
reflect a range of
practical and
aesthetic
considerations
Spanish Cabildo
Sackville St.
Port of Spain, Trinidad

4. Architecture is both
the process and
product of
designing
environments for
people which reflect
a range of practical
and aesthetic
considerations
Old Port of Spain, Trinidad

5. Architecture is both
the process and
product of
designing
environments for
people which reflect
a range of practical
and aesthetic
considerations
Frederick St. Port of Spain,
South of Woodford Square.

6. Practical?
Aesthetic?
Gehry Stata Center MIT
http://www.slate.com/
slideshows/arts/in-praise-of-
the-anti-icon.html

10. Practical?
Aesthetic?
Gehry Walt Disney Concert
Hall

11. Architecture is both
the process and
product of
designing
environments for
people which reflect
a range of practical
and aesthetic
considerations
Michael Sorkin
Master plan for WEED

12. Architecture is both the process
and product of designing
environments for people which
reflect a range of practical and
aesthetic considerations

13. Architecture is both
the process and
product of
designing
environments for
people which reflect
a range of practical
and aesthetic
considerations

14. Urban geography has a long
history of examining
architecture, initially considering
buildings as cultural artifacts,
and more recently as objects of
value, as signs and in terms of the
use and consumption of
architectural spaces by people.

15. Urban geography has a long
history of examining
architecture, initially
considering buildings as
cultural artifacts, and more
recently as objects of value,
as signs and in terms of the
use and consumption of
architectural spaces by
people.
Forbidden City – Beijing, China

16. Urban geography has a long
history of examining
architecture, initially
considering buildings as
cultural artifacts, and more
recently as objects of value,
as signs and in terms of the
use and consumption of
architectural spaces by
people.
Hanuman Statue
Caripachaima
Trinidad

17. Urban geography has a long
history of examining
architecture, initially
considering buildings as
cultural artifacts, and more
recently as objects of value,
as signs and in terms of the
use and consumption of
architectural spaces by
people.
Temple on the Sea
Waterloo
Trinidad

18. Urban geography has a long
history of examining
architecture, initially
considering buildings as
cultural artifacts, and more
recently as objects of value,
as signs and in terms of the
use and consumption of
architectural spaces by
people.

19. Urban geography has a
long history of examining
architecture, initially
considering buildings as
cultural artifacts, and
more recently as objects of
value, as signs and in
terms of the use and
consumption of
architectural spaces by
people.
Oscar Niemeyer
Rocinha Sporting Complex

20. The urban environment is largely
"man-made", and architects play
an influential role in transcribing
gender roles and relations into
the physical fabric of the city at a
variety of scales.

21. Discussions about gender in
architecture often begin with an
analysis of forms:
This water storage tower from
Zaragoza, Spain, is described as
having amazon-like qualities.
Water
Storage
Tower
by
Mendaro
Corsini,
Isasi
Zaragoza
and
Gutierrez
Rodriguez

22. Discussions about gender in
architecture often begin with an
analysis of forms:
Steps
–
Museum
of
Contemporary
Art,
Chicago

23. Discussions about gender in
architecture often begin with an
analysis of forms:
Absolute Towers designed by Ma
Yansong of MAD Studios, China
are said to have feminine forms.
Absolute
World
Towers
(Marilyn
Monroe
Towers)
Mississauga
Ontario

24. Discussions about gender in
architecture often begin with an
analysis of forms:
The Empire State Building is an
example of ‘phallic architecture’
which has its origins in ancient
Greece and Egypt.
Empire
State
Building

25. Discussions about gender in
should also include the gender
balance in the profession:
Eva Castro was one of 6 women
out of 44 presenters at a recent
architecture conference
demonstrating the profession’s
bias towards men.
Eva
Castro,
Ground
Lab,
‘Flowing
Gardens’
Xi’an
Expo
2009

26. Discussions about gender in
architecture often begin with an
analysis of forms but should include
architecture’s role in redefining
housework and the housing needs
of women and their families.
Truus Schroder co-designed this
house with architect Gerrit Rietveld
in 1924. She designed the
equipment and built-in furniture
and challenged traditional ideas of
domestic spaces.
Rietveld
Schroder
House
1924

27. Discussions about gender in should
include architecture’s role in redefining
housework and the housing needs of
women and their families.
Eileen Gray designed an architecture
that would address the needs of the
occupants and the new family unit.
Gray worked within the model of
modern architecture. She worked with
LeCorbusier on a house called E1027, a
house which called into question the
typical domestic group and gender
relations.
At
E1027
house
–
early
20th
century.

28. In an era of competitive
globalization, iconic architecture
is increasingly being used as a
tool for economic development
within cities.

29. In an era of competitive
globalization, iconic architecture
is increasingly being used as a
tool for economic development
within cities.

30. In an era of competitive
globalization, iconic
architecture is increasingly
being used as a tool for
economic development within
cities.
Fake Hills
Ma Yansong

31. In an era of competitive
globalization, iconic
architecture is increasingly
being used as a tool for
economic development within
cities.
NAPA
Port of Spain Trinidad

32. In an era of competitive
globalization, iconic
architecture is increasingly
being used as a tool for
economic development within
cities.
NAPA
Port of Spain Trinidad

33. In an era of competitive
globalization, iconic architecture
is increasingly being used as a
tool for economic development
within cities.

34. In an era of competitive
globalization, iconic architecture
is increasingly being used as a
tool for economic development
within cities.

35. In an era of competitive
globalization, iconic architecture
is increasingly being used as a
tool for economic development
within cities.

36. Increasingly forms of 'fortress
architecture' are evident in cities,
where people reside in secured
access environments
exacerbating feelings of
fragmentation and exclusion. .

37. Increasingly forms of 'fortress
architecture' are evident in
cities, where people reside in
secured access environments
exacerbating feelings of
fragmentation and
exclusion.

38. Increasingly forms of
'fortress architecture'
are evident in cities,
where people reside in
secured access
environments
exacerbating feelings
of fragmentation and
exclusion.
Apartment building,
Maputo, Mozambique

39. Increasingly forms of
'fortress architecture'
are evident in cities,
where people reside in
secured access
environments
exacerbating feelings
of fragmentation and
exclusion.
Sunrise Park,
Trincity, Trinidad

40. Increasingly forms of 'fortress
architecture' are evident in cities,
where people reside in secured
access environments
exacerbating feelings of
fragmentation and exclusion.
This foyer in the Red House
was once a public space
and was used as a short cut
for people walking from
Woodford Sq to Wrightson
Rd.

41. Increasingly forms of
'fortress architecture' are
evident in cities, where
people reside in secured
access environments
exacerbating feelings of
fragmentation and
exclusion.
Lack of use of some
public spaces leads
to their decline.