Gender-based Design Values
This design values is closely linked to the feminist movement and theory developed within the 19th and 20th centuries. Design values based on gender are related to three tenets found in architecture and industrial design, which are:
- Gender differences related to critique and reconstruction of architectural practice and history.
- The struggle for equal access to training, jobs and recognition in architecture and design.
- The focus on gender based theories for the built environment, the architectural discourse, and cultural value systems.
Designers that adhere to the Design values based on gender typically have a focus on creating buildings that do not have the same barriers that children, parents and the elderly experience in much of the built environment. It also implies a focus on aesthetics that are deemed to be more 'feminine' than the 'masculine' aesthetics often created by male designers.
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