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Planners controlling development?

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- she says, sounding relieved.
“Somehow we have to step back
and decentralize from the big city.
We have to be able to walk to our
stores again and talk to our”

‘neighbors over the fence.”

Rethinking the kinds of com-
munities we live in is proving an
increasingly crucial task, not only
for women architects, but for the
entire profession.

When Arnston and Legate look
at how contemporary architecture
is evolving around them they
don’t, for the rnost part, like what
they see.

“One of the big reasons | got
into architecture was because |
thought | could do better than
what was being done,”’ laughs
Legate, who received her architec-
tural degree from Columbia Uni-
versity.

“While there are some very
good examples of architecture in
Vancouver, overall I'm not very
pleased." "

“I'm very saddened,” says a
disgruntled Arnston. “Architec-
ture is based on the economy, and
we're a market-driven economy.
Not as much time or money is
given over to design, and the ma-
terials that are being used are
often not very good.

“But people are after short-
term satisfaction.”

‘Mackin, who finds time to sing
in the Vancouver Bach Choir and
play for the Vancouver Children’s
Choir in addition to 10-hour,
seven-day work weeks, believes
that if buildings can‘t withstand

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100 years of use, then the architect

has failed.
Other more immediate concerns

. for all four women are issues of

density and transportation,
especially i in the case of rapidly
growing B.C. communities like the’
‘North Shore.

Mackin, for one, feels
reasonably confident that city
planners are firmly in control of
the development explosion.

Arnston isn’t so sure.

“don’t think we're clear
about what we want, and | don’t

think the powers that be are in
control. It’s going to be touch and
go whether the developers have
their way with us or if we can sit

down and say what we want our
neighborhoods to look like.”
Would women architects res-

pond to these challenges different. |

ly than men?
“Women,” observes Kallweit,

. “tend to work ina very col-

laborative way. Ego can ultimately
undermine the needs of the client,
and you can never preclude the
client's needs for your own
design.”

When pressed if the male ego
shows itself more in the form of
personal statements, Arnston res-
ponds, “We'd beiter be careful
here. Let's just say women like to
talk and like to listen.”

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