ABSTRACT
This chapter explains some indirect and tenuous connections between architecture, deconstruction, and feminist theory, forges some rudimentary links, and points out some of the rather awkward points of dis-ease between these various concerns. It presents an initial exploration of the cultural origins of notions of spatiality in the writings of the Classical period, most notably in Plato's Timaeus, which invokes a mythological bridge between the intelligible and the sensible, mind and body, which he calls chora. Jacques Derrida has written a good deal on Greek philosophy and has devoted considerable attention to unravelling the texts of Plato and work functions at the cultural horizon of the inauguration of Western philosophy. Her concerns are directed towards the establishment of a viable space and time for women to inhabit as women. It is significant that "economy" is derived from the Greek term, oikos, meaning home or house, residence or dwelling.
