Uncanny Orders

Society follows a pattern of creating spaces according to gender-power relations. The feminine is historically trivialized and marginalized in the architectural realm. Traditionally, this manifests at its strongest in domestic spaces. Uncanny Orders calls out such relations by proposing alternative means of creating domestic furniture. Familiar ready-made pieces associated with certain rituals are reappropriated according to new concepts of efficiency, freedom, and familiarity. Presented via The dollhouse, a traditional teaching tool, allows for the testing, engagement, and perhaps unintended consequences of these new objects.