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The gender perspective, in the words of UNICEF, is based on “questioning stereotypes and developing new content that allows us to influence the collective imagination of a society in the service of equality and equity.” In architecture, it is considered an opportunity to reflect on how spatial distribution, both in the domestic and urban spheres, influences its own factors such as emotional and affective well-being.
The Matrices team, from the URJC, through the Call for grants to carry out feminist research in 2023 resolved by the Women's Institute of the Ministry of Equality He has launched ethe project VIVIDA - From housing to the city: analysis and feminist proposal in Fuenlabrada.
This project was born from the need to highlight the need to integrate interventions with a gender perspective in architectural and urban processes and promote sustainable urban development, in addition to being aligned with different Sustainable Development Goals.
The research is divided into 5 parts: theoretical research, information collection, design strategy, results and conclusions and, finally, dissemination and prospective. The sample selected for the initiative are the homes, intermediate space and urban environment of three neighborhoods of Fuenlabrada: El Naranjo, La Avanzada and El Molino, between the years 1970 and 1985.
The research is being led by Irene Ros, professor of Fundamentals of Architecture at the URJC. “The general objective of VIVIDA is to originate a proposal for action, at the local level and replicable at the national level, in which the gender perspective is included to design egalitarian, inclusive and accessible spaces in the homes, intermediate spaces and urban planning of the municipality” comments Irene Ros, who has taken the opportunity to declare that “achieving gender equality is crucial to meeting the needs of all inhabitants of different ages, with different family configurations, employment patterns, socioeconomic status and care burdens; and to accelerate the European transition towards a more prepared and resilient community,” they say from the project organization.
“This initiative has the participation of a group of professors from the Fundamentals of Architecture Degree from all areas,” explains Irene Ros. Expert teachers from other universities such as the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Degli Studi University of Florence and the University of the Republic (Fadu-UdelaR) of Uruguay also participate.