"Voices from Venice: Conversations at the 2014 Architecture Biennale with Women who Practice Architecture" is a series of one-on-one video interviews conducted by Harvard GSD graduate Caroline James with architects Caroline Bos, Louise Braverman, Odile Decq, Yasmin Shariff, and Benedetta Tagliabue.
Caroline wrote explaining the context for the interviews.-
Advocacy towards an inclusive profession is increasingly active in schools. At Harvard GSD, Women in Design continues full-steam ahead, growing to over 50 active members, and connecting with student groups in architecture schools globally. The Architectural Association London is celebrating AA XX 100 -- the centenary of women at the AA, with celebrations ramping up in 2016.
Awards to recognize women in architecture, have been sprouting up worldwide. In 2011, the AJ Women in Architecture Awards were launched in order "to raise the profile of women architects in a sector where women still face an alarming degree of discrimination." In 2013, Italcementi Group announced the formation of the arcVision Prize – an international architecture award for female designers. Architectural Record handed out the first annual Women in Architecture Awards on Friday October 10, 2014 in New York. The impassioned award ceremony included remarks by Ivenue Love-Stanley, who was the first African-American woman to be registered as a licensed architect in the Southern United States. Love-Stanley noted, "I cannot think of a profession better positioned for social change."
Voices from Venice participates in the discussion towards shaping a profession that is inclusive, equal, and values joint creativity, courage, and social engagement.
CREDITS.
Filmed on location in Venice from June 6-8, 2014, during the opening days of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition at venues including:
Palazzo Bembo, Arsenale, Palazzo, Dorsoduro
Perspectives with.-
Interviewer.- Caroline Bos
Conversation with.- Louise Braverman, Odile Decq, Yasmin Shariff, Benedetta Tagliabue.
