Dwelling space is the locus of expression and reproduction of gender-based social models par excellence. The related research has cast light on the complexities of everyday life and revealed how social stereotypes are inscribed in space as well as how these are tacitly/secretly transcended. In this context the students' research topics focused on: the gender-based division of functional roles at home and their inscription in space; the impact of design on organizing the aformentioned roles, whether reinforcing or mitigating; unofficial forms of labor which emerge in the private sphere and are subject to its material definition; various approaches to historical phenomena of human habitation partaking of the field of anthropology.

Is public space neutral indeed? Is it the common ground of public expression of civic life, equally accessible to all genders and social groups? Questions of this sort gave rise to a series of research topics which the students approached mainly through systematic field research. Some of these topics were: gender and its manifestations in public space; gender-based forms of public space appropriation; social patterns of inhabiting public space throughout the day; the geography of sexuality in the city; maternity and its political manifestation in public space; manifestation of gender identities in the street market; gender-based forms of inhabiting a city square - similarities and differences; the space of prostitution. The primary material for the projects was collected through various textual and audio-visual methods of survey.

Indoor spaces of public life possess a hybrid character as they comprise features of both private and public places. Therefore, any manifestations of gender identity in them present certain particularities which became the focus of special research projects. Such places as the super-market, the church, or the gym have been surveyed in order to yield proof of special qualities indicative of the construction of body stereotypes, behavioural patterns, and gendered social codes in reference to space.

Stereotypical representations of gender ultimately constitute its special identity. The social body is variously instructed to abide by certain gender stereotypes through ways in which popular literature, comics, painting, film, etc. reproduce or subvert these stereotypes. These indirect ways of public 'education' gain special attention when they are channeled through the mass media - most prominently the T.V. - and official education. Student projects in this section dealt with the manifestation of gender stereotypes in novels, movies, works of art, comics, books of primary education, and serials for T.V.

Does gender have anything to do with the qualities of the work an architect produces, the level of his/her social acceptance, or his/her public image? The students sought to identify gender distinctions inhabiting the architectural profession through interviewing various architects, both men and women.