Multiculturalism, Gender and Age: Three Challenges for the New European Collective Housing
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https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2023218884Keywords:
Collective Housing, Cultural Studies, Gender Perspective, Multiculturalism, AgeAbstract
Starting from the denunciation that "cultural studies" have made of the way housing has been produced in recent years, this article reflects on three challenges for the contemporary European collective housing project. Firstly, it analyses how collective housing must respond to the growing multiculturalism of our society; then it addresses the question of gender perspective in housing architecture; and finally, it takes age as a determining factor in the design of new housing. The aim is to discuss some of the opportunities and limitations that arise when approaching the housing project from these three perspectives. As part of that reflection, this article analyses five contemporary projects that address these issues. It concludes that new formulas are still required to respond to the challenges that multiculturalism, gender and age pose to European residential architecture.
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Universidad de Sevilla
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