Women designers and feminist cities: it’s not what you think

Dismantling ideas don't need to dismantle a city.

This week, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) launched its inaugural MECCA x NGV Women in Design Commission with Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao, whose designs place social and gender equity at its centre. 

These are just examples of women designers and feminist cities coming into the spotlight, signalling a much needed rethink of how space and architecture themselves are gendered in ways that put half of the population at a disadvantage. 

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_