Hymens, Mamas, Words, and Drive: A Conversation with Feminist Architecture Collaborative

Agustin Schang, Essay, expanding design practices, f-architecture, No Density, Politics and economics.

Architect’s role, Architecture&art, Architecture&Gender, Collaboration, Collaborative work, Collective Awareness, Cultural agitator, Digital era, Essay, Gender, Information, Politics, Research, Social consciousness, Social Media, Social practices.

Excerpted from NESS

When I met Gabrielle Printz, Virginia Black, and Rosana Elkhatib, we were sharing the same shiny working space at NEW INC, Trump had been recently elected, and along with other graduates from Columbia University GSAPP, they were incubating the “Post-Fordist Hymen Factory” project and hosting political architectural conclaves surrounded by popcorn, light beer, sodas, and music. Since then, feminist architecture collaborative has multiplied their projects and collaborations around the world, tackling the relationship between bodies, spatial politics, intimacy, and intercontinental work structures. I met with them again to discuss further their current strategies and thoughts. Below is our conversation on disentangling dominant discourses, work privilege, and advocating for other ways of being.