Authored by Shelly Cohen and Tovi Fenster for "The Journal of Architecture", Vol. 26, No. 3

Architecture of Care: Social Architecture and Feminist Ethics

Authored by Shelly Cohen and Tovi Fenster for "The Journal of Architecture", Vol. 26, No. 3

In this article, care ethics serves as the theoretical background against which two architectural projects are examined: the Levinsky Garden Library project, built for migrant workers and asylum seekers in Tel Aviv; and the Wadi Abu Hindi school, renovated for Bedouin communities in Area C, east of Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Care ethics places a person’s relationship to another at the heart of related debates. Rooted in feminism, care ethics is a useful tool for exploring ethical aspects of a recent, international trend in social architecture, in which architects attempt to provide spatial solutions for needs ignored by both governments and private markets.