Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellow

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellow

This European Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellow project, EQUBUILD, has investigated architectural strategies that enhance democratic social equality in public buildings in Sweden and thus, contributes to empowering architects, urban planners, decision-makers and citizens with new knowledge and practical recommendations to fight inequalities for a more cohesive society. Public buildings can reinforce citizens’ opportunities for equality, promoting more balanced living standards and peaceful cities. Public buildings can be a tool for the administrations and society to support citizens’ equality as a basic human right, a global concern addressed by UN SDG 10 and a core value of the EU. I have innovatively analyzed public buildings in Swedish cities, unveiling what and how design strategies enhance societal equality in each case. EQUBUILD delivers new knowledge, presenting architecture as an active tool in implementing equality measures and recommendations for architectural designs, architects, urban designers, policy-makers, researchers, and the rest of society. The results open new research paths in the EU, contribute to UN SDGs; consolidate a novel field in architecture; facilitate gender equality, and reinforce citizens’ equality, for balanced and peaceful cities.