CEPT University Press cordially invites you to the book launch of 'INCLOOSIVE - Feminist Toilet Architecture', authored by Sonal Mithal and Priyanka Awatramani.
Date & Time: Thursday, 6th February 2025 @ 5.30 PM
Venue: South Lawns, CEPT University
About the book:
INCLOOSIVE is an outcome of a research on the politics of inclusion in architecture—an inquiry initiated in the postgraduate studio, Staging Ecologies, offered in the Spring 2022 semester at CEPT University, Ahmedabad. The book proposes an inclusive design methodology that uses feminist concerns of intersectionality, representation, and empathy as a critical tool to imagine alternatives for public toilet spatial typology. The book marks a departure from the traditional focus of toilet design, in which innovation has been limited to providing solutions for toilet as a fixed typology having fixed utility driven spaces; to the contemporary concern for a coherent understanding of toilet as a contested space, in which innovation related to toilet design finds its genesis in the feminist viewpoints.
About the Authors:
Sonal Mithal (she/her) is an architect, artist, and educator. She is the co-founder of research and conservation studio, People for Heritage Concern, which offers consultancy for conservation and urban revitalization projects and art projects for the public sector. She is currently serving as chair of the Masters in Conservation and Regeneration program at CEPT University, Ahmedabad. Her research, teaching, and writing transect architecture, landscape architecture, queer studies, history, and architectural conservation.
Priyanka Awatramani (she/her) is an architect and landscape urbanist based in London and Ahmedabad, with a recent post-graduation from the Architectural Association in London. Her current interest lies at the intersection of gender, urbanism, and systems thinking, with a particular emphasis on how these fields intersect with productive and regenerative landscapes. She has worked on diverse projects across India, the UK, and the Middle East, spanning master planning, landscape design, architectural design and research, and bespoke interiors.
