Rompendo silêncios: visibilizando as mulheres arquitetas a partir da trajetória de Nícia Paes Bormann

Abstract

Discussions about female invisibility in architecture are becoming more frequent. Gradually, the fight against female “silences” is gaining strength and the urgency of finding strategies to fill this gap is becoming evident. With a view to addressing this issue, the objective of the research was to document the trajectory of architect Nícia Bormann, a carioca (from Rio de Janeiro) professional who built part of her career in Ceará. Despite having a consolidated and established career, it can be noticed in her narratives, obtained through an analytical approach through gender related questions, the presence of mechanisms that promote female invisibility. Starting from a literature review and a historical research accessed through interviews, this study addresses the feminist perspective. It seeks to demonstrate that the formulation of the hypothesis is intrinsically linked to the obtained answers. The objective is to analyse how the mechanisms that promote female invisibility act through myths created by modern society. Finally, the main actions to promote a new perspective for greater visibility of women in the architectural sphere, especially in the historiographic aspect, are presented. For the development of the analysis, three myths are presented as a way of approaching these actions: (a) the myth of domesticity; (b) the myth of the role model worker and (c) the myth of solitary genius. Thus, the “key” to change is sought, in order to promote a new type of architecture, professionally and academically, resulting in a project proposal related to the exercise of the profession that approaches a new gender perspective with a future commitment to advocate for an inclusive and flexible professional área.