the female gaze

ARCHITECTURE FOR WOMEN SAFETY AT NIFT KANGRA. 80% of students are women, a fact that puts questions of safety on the front burner. Kangra’s answer isn’t fortress architecture. Instead, smaller blocks, clear sight lines, continuous verandas and softly lit paths create what urbanist Jane Jacobs called “eyes on the street.... See more

In 1980, Dolores Hayden asked: What would a non-sexist city look like? Her vision wasn’t just housing tweaks — it was collective kitchens, childcare woven into neighborhoods, safer streets, and cities planned around care instead of commutes. 40+ years later, why do our cities still feel hostile to caregive... See more

For centuries, cities, neighbourhoods, and even our homes have been designed through a lens that rarely considered women as independent individuals. Instead, they were planned with an imagined role in mind, as the housewife, the caregiver, the one who belongs indoors. But what happens when we begin to see space differen... See more

A quote from Grace Hartigan, emphasizing the importance of equality and the freedom to exist without the pressure to excel beyond one’s capabilities. It highlights the broader social issue of how women’s achievements are often scrutinized more harshly than men’s, and how the fight for equality includes the right to sim... See more