During the Covid-19 pandemic during a time of incredibly challenging shut down, Zoë Berman of Studio Berman and Founder of Part W took over Parlour’s social media as guest curator, featuring a project about Women in Architecture - Working from Home. Parlour is a 'space to speak – bringing together research, informed opinion and resources; generating debate and discussion; expanding the spaces for women in Australian architecture.'
Following the worldwide move out of offices and studios with people having to work from home, Zoë invited female architecture and built environment practitioners, friends, colleagues and students to share snapshots of their new home workspaces. Zoë framed the Working From Home (WFH) project in the following way:
"In this global pandemic, women are being affected in a number of ways - having to work from home, juggle their roles as leaders, teachers, curators, directors, academics - alongside often having to take a lead on caring duties and take on a huge amount of unpaid work. Work is being interrupted in ways few of us had predicted. We see statistics indicating low-paid, young people and women are likely to be the hardest hit by the Coronavirus shutdown.
Yet, despite these challenges, women in the architecture and built environment sector are still producing great work, and are being incredibly resourceful, generous and proactive. This photo study seeks to celebrate that."
Parlour interviewed Zoë about her own experiences of working from home as an architect, educator and activist. You can read the full interview here
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