a collective of architecture students at the TU Munich. SOFT discusses space through intersectional-feminist, anti-classist and decolonial lenses.

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17/01/24

information on support services for sexual harassment

Recognizing the absence of a comprehensive resource for students experiencing sexual harassment and assault, we decided to take action. Our goal was to raise awareness, foster dialogue, and inspire meaningful action around this critical issue.

21/06/24

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A decree has been issued in Bavaria that prohibits the use of gender-inclusive language at universities and colleges. This restriction on linguistic diversity and efforts toward inclusive language has sparked intense debate and resistance. To take a stand against this limitation, this protest was organized.

29/05/24

SOFT x nachoelzer presents: koolhaas housewife

Join us for a screening of “Koolhaas Houselife” at the Vorhoelzer Forum. We are looking forward to discuss care and architecture with you. Bring your friends!! the screening is free of charge!

23/05/24

SOFT X bar abend

17/01/24

SOFT presents: tangerine L.A.

Looking forward to meet you at TUM Stammgeländ, Room 1300, 18.01.24 at 7 p.m. Join us for a special night with fruits and fun. We want to discuss friendship and queer realities in the realm of patriarchy and capitalism.

09/10/23

exhibition AJA 2023

21/07/23

parity jour fixe n.29: code of studio

03/04/23

exhibition’s discussion @ TU Wien / palace of unlearning

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03/04/23

ARCHITECTURE DISCRIMINATES! / guest lecture @ ACE new European bauhaus: upskilling x (education + practice)

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03/04/23

open call!

The new semester is approaching and we have news for you!

Equal Opportunity Officer Doris Hallama is starting an exciting project and looking for to join the team.

It is a collaboration of three / four people who are doing a research together and with Doris finally develop an interview format for all women's representatives. This questionnaire and the resulting interviews are to be published, where your names as authors would be included.

But what is it about?

The format of Genderlehrauftrag (Gender Lectureship) has existed at the TUM for the past 25 years. At a certain point, however, it was renamed and the core of the idea was lost.

The intention is to research why this happened and to get the experiences of 'women's officers'.

The goal is to get all the 'women's officers' around the table, conduct interviews, and thus shed light on the history of our current gender teaching mission.

Interested? Send an email to hallama@tum.de

30/03/23

cute&radical #3: queer practice

It seems equality and diversity amongst creatives is high on the agenda! But what about queerness in our industry? And why does the sexual orientation of architects matter so little? 

As always, we serve you our recommendations fresh and hot on current events, take a look at our homebase in terms of how the topic is integrated into the miserably disproportioned discourse on parity in architecture at TUM, and conclude with our deep dive with architectural historian Dr. Uwe Bresan and the anonymous collective @thequeerarchitect.

Have fun & bisous!

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24/11 - 26/11/22

curriculum comedy

12/09-17/09/22

SOFT takes Stockholm!

In collaboration with the Parity Board of TUM, we organized a field trip to Stockholm to visit KTH, initiated by Meike Schalk. The aim was to exchange knowledge and learn from one another's approaches to parity work. During the visit, we presented SOFT and shared insights into our projects.

11/08/22

cute&radical #2: summer edition

Just in time for the end of this (seemingly endless) semester, we are happy to be the cherry on top of your cake with our second newsletter, which will surely sweeten your summer break. As always, you can look forward to some cute but radical content. Besides some fresh recommendations, in this newsletter, we will radically discuss built power structures and other extremely important topics.

11/08/22

chair of gossip X nexture+

We were invited to lead a workshop at Nexture+. Surrounded by like-minded students, we painted our nails while discussing books on intersectional feminism and sharing our approaches to parity work. The workshop concluded with the creation of an "Architecture Bullshit Bingo."

11/08/22

SOFT X intervention arcistrasse

In collaboration with the Urban Design Lehrstuhl, SOFT was invited to participate in an intervention on Arcisstraße. A confessional booth was acquired, giving birth to the Chair of Gossip. Our goal was to encourage interaction and communication, reclaiming the concept of gossip in a positive light.

11/08/23

cute&radical #1: structures of power

Power structures are present in all of our interpersonal relationships and can be found for instance in institutions, professional and everyday life, communication structures, and gender relations. They can be so diverse, subtle and invisible that they are often not perceived as such and are therefore responsible for the oppression and marginalization of numerous groups of people in our society.
 

Within architecture, power relations can be identified on a structural level, and are consequently also reflected in the built environment. Today we want to focus on the structural problems. The next newsletter will be about built expressions of power relations - stay tuned!

In this newsletter, we are questioning how and by whom the canon is shaped, who holds speaking positions, which groups are visible in the discourse, and who determines our catalog of references.

 

Isn't it our task as future architects to break out of the usual narratives, to question and to stop reinforcing them through reproduction? Don't we need to write new narratives? 

 

In the category Homebase we take a look at what is offered at TUM, what else is Hot & Fresh and we will offer you more information in the Deep Dive section. 

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