Lighting Women’s Safety: A gender-perspective approach to public space activation after dark through lighting

Gómez Gómez, Maria Camila; Arteaga Albarello, Laura Mariana

Lighting Women’s Safety: A gender-perspective approach to public space activation after dark through lighting

dc.contributor.advisor	Pellegrino, Anna
dc.contributor.advisor	Bordonaro, Elettra Samira
dc.contributor.author	Gómez Gómez, Maria Camila
dc.contributor.author	Arteaga Albarello, Laura Mariana
dc.date.accessioned	2025-05-14T14:13:26Z
dc.date.available	2025-05-14T14:13:26Z
dc.date.issued	2025
dc.description.abstract	Which strategies are useful along a gender perspective to improve women’s perception of safety in public spaces? Does women’s perception of safety changes in the public space after dark, and how is it perceived in the context of Colombian culture? Is lighting a gender perspective strategy to activate parks after dark? The present thesis focuses on understanding the main factors that affect women’s perception of safety in public space. The lack of inclusive urban planning combined with the minimal involvement of women in the design process, results in high levels of rejection and fear associated with walking or being alone in public space. Hence, increasing their vulnerability to becoming potential victims. of sexual harassment. Moreover, the perception of safety is influenced by cultural, social, economic, and individual intangible factors. Similarly, physical factors like maintenance, constant visibility, surveillance, and the presence of facilities, are crucial for women to feel comfortable. Additionally, lighting is an essential factor for the urban context since it ensures visibility, constant comfort and the possibility to move around the space after dark. However, it is crucial to implement proper lighting design, due to the fact that after dark, the number of people on the streets decreases, turning spaces that may function adequately during the day to become empty, dark, and unsafe, after dark. Thus, increasing the levels of unsafety, affecting specially women - as they are consider a minority within the public space. Therefore, the present thesis focuses on lighting as a strategy to enhance women’s perception of safety in the city center of Cali, Colombia. The methodology implemented, consisted of on-site visits to the area, follow by a qualitative level analysis through a series of surveys and evaluations of women’s perception of safety in the context. Based on the research conducted, the aim of this thesis is to propose a conceptual lighting design to promote gender diversity and social sustainability.	eng
dc.description.degreelevel	Pregrado
dc.description.degreename	Arquitecto(a)
dc.format.extent	233 p.
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11522/4747
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali
dc.publisher.department	Facultad de Creación y Hábitat
dc.publisher.program	Arquitectura
dc.rights.accessrights	http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.rights.creativecommons	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dc.subject	Safety	eng
dc.subject	Public Space	eng
dc.subject	Gender equality	eng
dc.subject	Lighting	eng
dc.subject	Cali	spa
dc.title	Lighting Women’s Safety: A gender-perspective approach to public space activation after dark through lighting	eng
dc.type	bachelor thesis
dc.type.coar	http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_7a1f
dc.type.local	Tesis/Trabajo de grado - Monografía - Pregrado
dc.type.redcol	https://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/TP