ABSTRACT
Modern housing design is greatly influenced by an idealized conception of the traditional style of living which L. Davidoff et al. termed the 'domestic ideal'. Under this ideology, the most ideal home is portrayed as one that is located in the country side or suburban area, isolated from the hectic life in the city centre. The division of consumption/production, private/public or home/work is also closely related to the familial ideology underpinning the housing system in a patriarchal society. Environmental determinism has a longer history of development as compare to the other two. It is especially conspicuous in some feminist studies in geography and urban planning. The main concern of the 'add on' approach is to reveal the disadvantaged position of women or the lack of resources allocated to women in the housing system. The deconstruction approach advocates a more fundamental challenge to the ideology behind housing policy planning.
