Learning and Practice Architecture: What a gap!

Gender inequalities seem to be an unavoidable condition of our society; however, it can be observed that there are moments and fields in which women appear to be in the foreground in terms of both numbers and results. For example, it is easy to recognise female predominance in architectural degree courses, although the situation seems reversed when we talk about architectural design assignments, especially in the elite circles of Archistars. Is this a problem of different abilities shown by women and men, or is it only a matter of social disparity? The present paper focuses on different stages of learning during Architecture undergraduate and master’s degree courses, comparing student numbers and the results obtained by women and men. The aim is to verify whether specific capabilities can be observed through the tools used to evaluate actual learning results in terms of natural predispositions or acquired competencies.