A Study on the Female Architects' Approaches to Design in the 21st Century

Female architects play an active role in the 21st century architecture, which is characterized by a quest of new forms, albeit they are few in number in the sector. Accordingly, this study focused on the design approaches of today's female architects, and furthermore, the sources used in their...

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Main Authors: Ezgi Uyar Sun, Dilek Yasar
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Language:English
Published: Alanya Üniversitesi 2022-05-01
Series:Proceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA
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Online Access:https://journal.iccaua.com/jiccaua/article/view/6
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description Female architects play an active role in the 21st century architecture, which is characterized by a quest of new forms, albeit they are few in number in the sector. Accordingly, this study focused on the design approaches of today's female architects, and furthermore, the sources used in their designs, their focal concepts, and the formal language of their forms were investigated. Ten well-known contemporary female architects were included in the scope of the study. A dual methodical pattern, namely textual analysis and visual analysis was used for the purposes of the study. The texts of female architects, which described their projects, were conceptually analyzed using the textual analysis method, where their formal language was analyzed by means of the visual analysis method. The data were then organized into data sets and presented in tabular format. The results of the present study indicated that the female architects mostly made use of nature and socio-cultural elements in their designs and considered the data therefrom as an important input to be incorporated into their design. On the other hand, although they had similar points of departure in terms of design, they did not have a common language in terms of form.
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spelling doaj-art-7c2b1ce74f484ff3a5203653c8d9c48c2025-08-20T03:40:17ZengAlanya ÜniversitesiProceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA3023-70092022-05-015110.38027/ICCAUA2022EN0044A Study on the Female Architects' Approaches to Design in the 21st CenturyEzgi Uyar Sun0Dilek Yasar1Istanbul Aydın University, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Istanbul, TurkeyIstanbul Aydın University, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Istanbul, Turkey Female architects play an active role in the 21st century architecture, which is characterized by a quest of new forms, albeit they are few in number in the sector. Accordingly, this study focused on the design approaches of today's female architects, and furthermore, the sources used in their designs, their focal concepts, and the formal language of their forms were investigated. Ten well-known contemporary female architects were included in the scope of the study. A dual methodical pattern, namely textual analysis and visual analysis was used for the purposes of the study. The texts of female architects, which described their projects, were conceptually analyzed using the textual analysis method, where their formal language was analyzed by means of the visual analysis method. The data were then organized into data sets and presented in tabular format. The results of the present study indicated that the female architects mostly made use of nature and socio-cultural elements in their designs and considered the data therefrom as an important input to be incorporated into their design. On the other hand, although they had similar points of departure in terms of design, they did not have a common language in terms of form. https://journal.iccaua.com/jiccaua/article/view/6Women ArchitectsDesign Approaches in the 21st CenturyDesign Resources
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Design Resources
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