The American Institute of Architects has called on members to sign an open letter to the Trump Administration after a plan to introduce an order that all federal buildings should be built in the “classical architectural style” was discovered.
The AIA released the statement and online petition for the White House yesterday, shortly after the Architectural Record revealed it had obtained a draft of the order, called Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again.
If approved, it would update the 1962 Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture to make classical architecture the required style for any US federal courthouse.
The AIA said that it “strongly and unequivocally” opposed the change, which would also affect federal public buildings costing over $50 million (£38 million).
“A top-down directive on architectural style”
“The AIA strongly condemns the move to enforce a top-down directive on architectural style,” the organisation wrote in the open letter.
“Design decisions should be left to the designer and the community, not bureaucrats in Washington, DC,” it added. “All architectural styles have value and all communities have the right to weigh in on the government buildings meant to serve them.”
在一項計劃提出一項命令，要求所有聯邦建築應以“古典建築風格”建造後，美國建築師協會呼籲會員們向特朗普政府簽署公開信。
在《建築記錄》透露已獲得命令草案後，美國建築師協會（AIA）昨日發布了白宮的聲明和在線請願書，名為“使聯邦建築物再次美麗”。
如果獲得批准，它將更新1962年《聯邦建築指導原則》，使古典建築成為任何美國聯邦法院所要求的風格。
友邦保險說，它“堅決而明確地”反對這一改變，這也將影響到耗資超過5,000萬美元（3,800萬英鎊）的聯邦公共建築。
“關於建築風格的自上而下的指令”
該組織在公開信中寫道：“友邦保險強烈譴責在建築風格上執行自上而下的指令。”
它補充說：“設計決策應該留給設計師和社區，而不是華盛頓特區的官僚。” “所有建築風格都有價值，所有社區都有權權衡為之服務的政府建築物。”
According to the AIA, “classical architecture” as defined by the White House is derived from classical Greek and Roman architecture. There are some “allowances for ‘traditional architectural style'”, which include Gothic, Romanesque, and Spanish colonial.
Any references to Brutalism, the controversial style that only dates back to the 1950s, would be banned entirely.
根據美國建築師協會的說法，白宮定義的“古典建築”源自古典希臘和羅馬建築。 有一些“傳統建築風格的餘地”，包括哥特式，羅馬式和西班牙殖民地。
任何關於野獸派的說法都將被完全禁止。野獸派是一種有爭議的風格，這種風格只能追溯到1950年代。
“High bar” of new order would limit exceptions 新訂單的“高價”將限制例外
While the guidelines for Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again allow for the inclusion of some other architectural styles, the AIA said that the rules are so stringent they would limit creativity.
“The high bar required to satisfy the process described within the executive order would all but restrict the ability to design the federal buildings under this order in anything but the preferred style,” the added AIA.
The existing Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture were written for President Kennedy by New York senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who architecture critic Paul Goldberger described as “the most architecturally sophisticated Federal official since Thomas Jefferson”.
The new order – which is named after Trump’s campaign slogan Make America Great Again – comes in contrast to Moynihan’s guidelines, which call for the “finest contemporary American architectural thought”.
AIA表示，雖然《使聯邦建築物再次變得美麗》的準則允許包含其他一些建築風格，但其規定是如此嚴格，以至於限制了創造力。
友邦保險補充說：“滿足行政命令中所描述的程序所需的高標準將限制該命令下以首選樣式設計聯邦建築的能力，”
現有的聯邦建築指導原則是由紐約州參議員丹尼爾·帕特里克·莫伊尼漢（Daniel Patrick Moynihan）為肯尼迪總統撰寫的，他將建築評論家保羅·戈德伯格（Paul Goldberger）描述為“自托馬斯·杰斐遜以來最複雜的聯邦官員”。
以特朗普競選口號“再次使美國變得偉大”命名的新命令與莫伊尼漢的指導方針形成鮮明對比，後者要求“美國當代最出色的建築思想”。
“Design must flow from the architectural profession to the Government” “設計必須從建築專業流向政府”
“The development of an official style must be avoided,” the guidelines read. “Design must flow from the architectural profession to the Government and not vice versa.”
The order is among a number of political issues that the AIA and the Trump Administration have locked heads over, including the climate treaty withdrawal and his immigration policies.
In particular, the two have been at loggerheads over climate change after the president revealed his intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement in 2017. The following year, AIA called on its members to sign an open letter to Trump as a means of voicing its opposition to his climate change policies.
Late last year, it called for Trump to reverse his “shortsighted decision” to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement amid the global climate crisis.
指南中寫道：“必須避免形成正式的風格。” “設計必須從建築專業流向政府，反之亦然。”
該命令是友邦保險和特朗普政府已經鎖定的一系列政治問題之一，包括氣候條約撤回和他的移民政策。
特別是，在總統表示打算在2017年退出《巴黎協定》後，兩人一直在應對氣候變化。第二年，友邦保險呼籲其成員向特朗普簽署公開信，以此表達其反對意見的手段。 他的氣候變化政策。
去年年底，它呼籲特朗普在全球氣候危機中扭轉他的“短視決定”，使美國退出《巴黎協定》。
Read the full statement from the AIA below 閱讀以下AIA的完整聲明:
The AIA learned several months ago that there is a draft executive order being circulated by the Trump Administration for consideration by agency officials that would officially designate “classical” architecture as the preferred style of all U.S. federal courthouses.
We have voiced our fervent opposition directly to the White House and officials in the relevant agencies. Additionally, all federal public buildings in the Capital region would be required to adhere to the same “classical” style (and all other federal public buildings whose costs exceed $50 million in modern dollars). The AIA strongly and unequivocally opposes this change in policy to promote any one style of architecture over another for federal buildings across the country.
The draft executive order defines “classical architectural style” to mean architectural features derived from classical Greek and Roman architecture. There are some allowances for “traditional architectural style” which is defined to mean classical architecture along with Gothic, Romanesque, and Spanish colonial. The draft executive order specifically prohibits the use of Brutalist architecture, or its derivatives, in any circumstance.
Except for Brutalism, there is some language in the draft executive order that would allow for other architectural styles to be used. However, the high bar required to satisfy the process described within the executive order would all but restrict the ability to design the federal buildings under this order in anything but the preferred style.
The AIA strongly condemns the move to enforce a top-down directive on architectural style. Design decisions should be left to the designer and the community, not bureaucrats in Washington, DC. All architectural styles have value and all communities have the right to weigh in on the government buildings meant to serve them.
AIA幾個月前獲悉，特朗普政府正在散發一份行政命令草案，以供機構官員審議，該命令將正式指定“古典”建築為所有美國聯邦法院的首選樣式。
我們已強烈反對白宮和有關機構的官員。此外，將要求首都地區的所有聯邦公共建築都遵循相同的“古典”風格（以及所有其他花費超過5000萬美元的現代聯邦公共建築）。 AIA堅決反對這項政策變更，以在全國范圍內將任何一種風格的建築推向另一種風格。
行政命令草案將“古典建築風格”定義為表示源自古典希臘和羅馬建築的建築特徵。 “傳統建築風格”有一些餘地，其定義是指古典建築以及哥特式，羅馬式和西班牙殖民地風格。行政命令草案明確禁止在任何情況下都使用野獸派建築或其派生產品。
除了野蠻主義外，行政命令草案中還有一些語言可以使用其他建築風格。但是，滿足行政命令中描述的過程所需的高標準幾乎限制了在該命令下以首選樣式以外的任何方式設計聯邦建築物的能力。
AIA強烈譴責此舉，以強制執行有關建築風格的自上而下的指令。設計決策應該留給設計師和社區，而不是華盛頓特區的官僚。所有建築風格都有價值，所有社區都有權權衡為之服務的政府建築物。
FROM:https://www.dezeen.com/2020/02/05/making-federal-buildings-beautiful-again-trump-aia/
