Feminist Thinking as an Opportunity to Revitalize Architecture. Conversation with Izaskun Chinchilla

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2022186972

Keywords:

Women Architects, Feminist Practices, Alternatives practitioners, Spanish Architecture, Female feminism

Abstract

The award-winning Spanish architect and educator Izaskun Chinchilla exemplifies the focus of this special issue of Zarch about Women, feminist practices, and alternative practitioners in architecture. On December 28, 2021, co-editors Lucía C. Pérez-Moreno and Ann E. Komara interviewed Chinchilla. The following essay presents that conversation, edited for clarity and flow, highlighting their discussion of key thematic topics in this issue.

 

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Author Biographies

Lucía C. Pérez Moreno, Universidad de Zaragoza

Lucía C. Pérez-Moreno is an Associate Professor of History and Theory at the University of Zaragoza and a researcher at its Institute of Heritage and Humanities (IPH). She has a Ph.D. in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Madrid in 2013 and has a Master's degree from Columbia University in New York City (USA, 2008) and postgraduate studies from Aalto University in Helsinki (Finland) in 2004. She is an Architect from the University of Navarra, where she finished her studies with the extraordinary prize and the 2nd National Prize for University Studies of Spain. He has published more than 20 scientific articles in national and international indexed journals and has received 15 recognitions for her research career, among which her nomination for the CICA-Bruno Zevi Book Award in 2017 stands out for her book 'Fullaondo and the magazine Nueva Forma' (2015) and successive recognitions at the BEAU in 2016, 2018 and 2021. Since 2017, she coordinates a series of meetings and books 'Gendered Perspectives in Architecture', and is currently in charge of the research project 'Women in Spanish postmodern architecture culture, 1965-2000' funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation. In 2021, she received the 'Celia Amorós' Award for Excellence in research in gender studies, awarded by the program Aragón Investiga of the Government of Aragón.

Ann E. Komara, University of Colorado Denver

Ann E. Komara is a Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Colorado-Denver. An award winning scholar and educator, she earned Masters of Landscape Architecture and Architectural History from the University of Virginia (USA). Her interests in landscape history and theory, cultural landscapes, and design have led to numerous projects, articles and books including an award winning book, Lawrence Halprin’s Skyline Park (2012). Her teaching and research consider the ongoing relationship between people and place, and interrogate constructed narratives of cultural and natural history evidenced on landscapes and in the urban public realm.

References

Chinchilla, Izaskun. ed. Cosmowomen. Places and Constellations. Roma: Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, 2021.

Chinchilla, Izaskun. La ciudad de los cuidados. Madrid: La Catarata, 2020.

Jacobson, Joey. “Izaskun Chinchilla Architects’ Organic Growth Pavilion Opens on Governors Island.” Accessed March 27, 2022, https://www.archdaily.com/645311/izaskun-chinchilla-architects-organic-growth-pavilion-opens-on-governors-island.

Zabalbeascoa, Anatxu. “Qué no funciona en las ciudades, por qué no lo hace y cómo podría hacerlo.” El País, November 30, 2021, https://elpais.com/cultura/del-tirador-a-la-ciudad/2021-11-30/que-no-funciona-en-las-ciudades-por-que-no-lo-hace-y-como-podria-hacerlo.html

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Published

2022-09-02

How to Cite

Pérez Moreno, L. C., & Komara, A. E. (2022). Feminist Thinking as an Opportunity to Revitalize Architecture. Conversation with Izaskun Chinchilla. ZARCH. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Urbanism, (18), 222–231. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2022186972

Issue

No. 18 (2022): Women, Feminist Practices and Alternative Practitioners in Architecture

Section

Conversations