Lecture - Lori Brown: Contested Spaces

Lori Brown has developed a creative practice focusing on the relationships between architecture and social justice issues with particular emphasis on gender and its impact upon spatial relationships. Her aim is to broaden the discourse about and involvement of women in architecture. She is the co-founder and co-director of ArchiteXX, www.architexx.org, a women and architecture group working to bridge the academy and practice in New York City. Her two books include Feminist Practices: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Women in Architecture, an edited collection of a group of international women designers and architects employing feminist methodologies in their creative practices (Ashgate 2011) and Contested Spaces: Abortion Clinics, Women’s Shelters and Hospitals (Ashgate 2013). The latter book explores these highly securitized spaces and the impact of legislation and the First Amendment on the design and use of such places. Brown is Associate Professor of Architecture at Syracuse University and is a registered architect in the state of New York.