The exhibition Queens of Structure shows twelve female civil engineers whose projects represent the wide-ranging fields of activity and topics in civil engineering. With their positions, they make the diverse challenges and individual approaches visible.

The female protagonists inspire with their passion for their profession and act with great ease and naturalness in a male-dominated professional field. They have seized opportunities, pushed forward ideas and implemented them creatively, and have long since made technical competence their agenda.

The exhibition can be visited in front of the Kulturpalast in Dresden at Altmarkt (Schloßstraße 2, 01067 Dresden) from June 15 to July 15, 2022. From mid-July, the exhibition will be on display in Basel.

With this exhibition, we are addressing the double invisibility of women civil engineers, because not only are the contributions of women rarely noticed - the achievements of the profession as a whole often remain hidden and rarely receive any appreciation. This includes the historical women pioneers on display who sought to use their interest in technical knowledge to enter the professional world long closed to them.

With their educational and exciting experiences, the women presented here are encouraging role models for future generations of women civil engineers and can help them define their place in civil engineering and thus advance the profession as a whole.

This exhibition marks the launch of the new Science Forum at the Palace of Culture. The aim of the forum is to engage in an intensive exchange with urban society around the topics of science and research.

The following events will take place in the context of the exhibition:

30.6. Midissage:
standing reception with Mrs. Gaitzsch in cooperation with the Zentrum für Baukultur in Saxony

6.7. Speed Dating:
moderated meeting with female civil engineers and students

11.7. Finissage:
panel discussion on the red stage in the foyer of the Kulturpalast

Contributors

Organizers of the exhibition at the Kulturpalast:

• Barkhausen Institut gGmbH
• Professur Technisches Design, TU Dresden

Co-organization of the events:

• Team Diversity Management, TU Dresden
• Institut für Baubetriebswesen, TU Dresden    

Responsible for the traveling exhibition:

• Nicole Parlow, https://www.cmib.de
• Nicole Zahner, https://studioc.de/

Curation and Design:

• Ulrike Tillman
• Rahel Melis, http://www.rahelmelis.de