为非二元青年设计

2024-01-27特蕾西洛德

世界建筑 2024年1期

特蕾西·洛德

无论是出于宗教、文化还是生活方式的需要，我们在设计环境时通常都会满足特定的性别要求，但当你并非传统的二元性别，或者对自己的性别身份感到不确定时，建筑物将如何导航？我们将性别应用于建筑设计中，这在本质上创造了那些障碍，以及我们如何将关注重点转向包容性呢？

在与奥瑞根的青年团队互动合作对澳大利亚奥瑞根大楼进行咨询设计的过程中，机构的建筑师们了解到，年轻人最关心的问题之一是如何为 LGBTQIA+群体进行设计，尤其是涉及性别和性取向方面的设计。设施的标准设计解决方案可能会让这些群体不断产生对抗情绪，但是否全部将它们设计成性别中立的就可以？我们在潜意识中还会以其他哪些方式排斥他们呢？

奥瑞根项目作为性别包容空间的案例研究，旨在为因心理健康问题寻求帮助的青年提供环境。通过研究该项目，我们认识到，不能仅仅基于历史信息和研究为非二元或错误性别的人设计空间。只有让这些人直接参与到设计过程中，我们才能真正理解当前的诸多问题。本文回顾了性别包容和性别中立的问题，以及将其融入设计和咨询过程的重要性。

We often design environments to meet gender specific requirements,whether due to religious,cultural or lifestyle needs,but how do you navigate buildings when you are mis-gendered,non-binary or unsure of your gender identity? What barriers do we intrinsically create in architecture by applying gender to places and how do we shift this to focus on inclusivity.

In working with the Youth Participation and Engagement Team at Orygen in a consultative design process for the Orygen Building in Australia,the facility architects came to understand that one of the biggest issues of concern for young people was the inclusion of design for the LGBTQIA+community,particularly in relation to gender and sexual orientation.Standard design solutions for amenities can become continually confrontational for these groups,but is it as easy as making them all gender neutral? And in what other ways do we subconsciously exclude them?

The Orygen project is used as a case study in the review of gender inclusive spaces,as it sought to provide environments for youth who seek assistance for Mental Health issues.In studying this project,we understand that we can not design spaces for non-binary or mis-gendered people solely based on historical information and research.The multitude of current issues can only be understood by direct engagement and including these people in the design process.The paper reviews the issues of gender inclusivity and gender neutrality and the importance of inclusion with the design and consultation process.