What? What we can learn from gender-inclusive city planning

Who?

• Claudia Sinatra, Architect & Urban Designer, ETH Spatial Development and Urban Policy

• Danielle GriegoExecutive Director, Design++ ETH Zürich

Urban planning and design shape the environment around us – and that environment, in turn, shapes how we live, work, play, move, and rest. Cities have historically been planned and designed for men and by men. Our urban environments tend to reflect traditional gender roles.

Gender-inclusive city planning seeks to respond to questions such as: how might we design and plan cities that work well for everyone? What would such a city look like, and how would we go about creating it?

We will discuss for example the following questions:

• What are practical examples of the built environment that reflects traditional gender roles that we can experience when living, working and moving in cities?

• How would a gender-inclusive city be designed and look like?

• How does technology empower gender-inclusive city planning?

• How can we draw parallels to the practices and methods of city planning on how we design and run companies in a "gender-inclusive" way?