Aditi A

Aditi A. is a curious mind, and an intentional maker, with a foundation in architecture and a deep love for storytelling through form and color. Her work is an intersection of design, research, and art. Aditi's practice is rooted in human-centric thinking — whether it’s shaping inclusive spatial experiences, uncovering the psychology of color, or translating raw emotion into abstract compositions. She believes spaces and stories have the power to heal, connect, and inspire, and her work is her way of weaving them together.

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Folles de la Salpétrière, (Cour des agitées.) (Madwomen of the Salpétrière. (Courtyard of the mentally disturbed.))

Gender. Hysteria. Architecture. | “How Did a Diagnosis Learn to Draw Walls?”

January 23, 2026 No Comments

Did these spaces heal women or teach them how to disappear? Aditi A., through her research study as a part of the CEPT Writing Architecture course, in this chapter follows hysteria as it migrates from text to typology, inquiring how architectural decisions came to stand in for care itself. Rather than assuming architecture responded to illness, the inquiry turns the question around: did architecture help produce the vulnerability it claimed to manage?

Gender, Hysteria, and Architecture - The Witch Hunt. Henry Ossawa Tanner. Source - Wikiart

Gender. Hysteria. Architecture. | “When Did Care Become Confinement?”

January 12, 2026 1 Comment

Was architecture used by society to spatially “manage” women and their autonomy? Aditi A., through her research study as a part of the CEPT Writing Architecture course, examines the period before psychiatry, when fear had already become architectural, tracing how women’s autonomy was spatially managed through domestic regulation, witch hunts, informal confinement, and early institutional planning.

Aditi A

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Gender. Hysteria. Architecture. | “How Did a Diagnosis Learn to Draw Walls?”

Gender. Hysteria. Architecture. | “When Did Care Become Confinement?”

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