Casting the Dollhouse
ABSTRACT by April Wong The Dollhouse is a model of domestic life; its material framework, spatiality, passage, function and aesthetic describe the architectural construction of a domestic ideal. Yet, the Dollhouse is not simply an architectural model; it is made specifically to house a Doll. While architecture structures the movement of the body, social constructions mold the body as well as its image. Thus, both architectural and social frameworks come together simultaneously to form the cast of the Dollhouse, for which the Doll is molded to fit....