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Architects Declare “disappointed” with Foster + Partners’ decision to leave climate action group

Tom Ravenscroft by Tom Ravenscroft
December 2, 2020
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Airplane in sky: Architects Declare "disappointed" with Foster + Partners

Climate change action network Architects Declare has expressed its regret that founding signatory Foster + Partners has withdrawn from the group due to a disagreement over the future of aviation.

Responding to the decision announced this morning by Foster + Partners to leave the group, Architects Declare said that although it was not happy with the move it would welcome a discussion with the studio over its reasoning.

“We are disappointed that Foster + Partners has chosen to withdraw from the declarations and we would welcome a conversation with them on the points raised,” said a statement from Architects Declare.

Foster + Partners withdraws due to disagreement over airports

Foster + Partners was one of the founding signatories of the group, which launched in 2019. However, it made the decision to leave after less than two years due to a difference in viewpoints on designing airports.

Announcing the decision to withdraw his studio from Architects Declare, studio founder Norman Foster stated: “we believe that the hallmark of our age, and the future of our globally connected world, is mobility.”

“Mobility of people, goods and information across boundaries,” he continued. “Only by internationally coordinated action can we confront the issues of global warming and, indeed, future pandemics. Aviation has a vital role to play in this process and will continue to do so. You cannot wind the clock backwards.”

“Climate change challenges current business models”

In response, Architects Declare acknowledged that the expansion of aviation was a challenging subject, but that system change was needed to address climate change.

“We recognise that addressing the climate and biodiversity emergencies challenges current practice and business models for us all, not least around the expansion of aviation,”

“We believe that what is needed is system change and that can only come about through collective action. Architects Declare is not a ‘protest’ movement but a collaborative support network to innovate positive transformation.

Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects under fire for designing airports

Since its foundation, the UK branch of Architects Declare has gained over 1,000 signatories, while its international sister group has almost 6,000 signatories in over 20 countries.

Over the past year, Foster + Partners and fellow founding signatory Zaha Hadid Architects have come under fire for their decision to keep designing airports.

Zaha Hadid Architects was criticised for designing Western Sydney International Airport, while Foster + Partners’ decision to design an airport for a luxury resort in Saudi Arabia led Architects Climate Action Network, another group that advocates more radical climate action, to call on the studio to withdraw from the project or from Architects Declare.

In an interview with Dezeen last week, Architects Declare said that the network’s message was being “undermined by a few practices” that were “clearly contravening” their climate pledges in an apparent reference to Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects.

Photo courtesy of SevenStorm.

The post Architects Declare “disappointed” with Foster + Partners’ decision to leave climate action group appeared first on Dezeen.

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