Improve the quality of life is one of the main concerns of the public agenda of cities around the world. The quality of life is closely related to the satisfaction of daily needs of people and how these needs are satisfied is not neutral. The needs of men and women are different as a result of gender roles. Androcentric urban architecture contributes to satisfying the needs of women and men is asymmetrical so that the quality of city life is not fair. The following article reflects on the concept of quality of life from urban dimension and the impact of gender in the definition and measurement of that term.