Spanish architect, Carmen Espegel's work is embodied in three complementary areas: academic, research, and professional activity. Espegel was part of espegel-fisac arquitectos studio for twenty years as a founding partner and currently leads espegel arquitectos. Her research approach has focused mainly on housing, women in architecture, and architectural criticism.
In her book Women Architects in the Modern Movement, Espegel brings us a deep reading of the discipline by highlighting the presence of women architects. Focusing on four prominent architects in the Modern Movement —Eileen Gray, Lilly Reich, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, and Charlotte Perriand—, the book analyzes how the status of women throughout time, has not maintained a linear trajectory in the conquest of their rights. Heroines of Space invites us to understand history as a living element that is built from generation to generation, prompting new critical reviews of the past to help us vindicate those who have been veiled by the intellectual orthodoxy of each period. ?tag=arch05-20
We have spoken with Carmen Espegel about her book, originally published in Spanish, and soon to be translated into Italian and Korean.
