UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has withdrawn from climate action network Architects Declare a day after fellow founding signatory Foster + Partners left the group.

Zaha Hadid Architects made the decision to follow Foster + Partners in leaving Architects Declare, which was founded in 2019, due to “a significant difference of opinion” with the steering group that leads it.

“Regrettably, we are withdrawing from Architects Declare,” said a statement from Zaha Hadid Architects.

“As a founding signatory, we agreed to continue and accelerate our work towards progressive change in our built environment,” it continued.

“However, today we need to recognise that we have a significant difference of opinion with the Architects Declare steering group on how positive change can be delivered.”

英國工作室Zaha Hadid Architects已從氣候行動網絡Architects中撤離。在創始夥伴Foster + Partners離開該團隊後的第二天,該組織宣布。

扎哈·哈迪德建築師事務所(Zaha Hadid Architects)決定跟隨Foster + Partners離開成立於2019年的Architects Declare,原因是與領導該團隊的指導小組存在“重大分歧”。

Zaha Hadid Architects的一份聲明說:“遺憾的是,我們正在退出Architects聲明。”

它繼續說:“作為創始簽署國,我們同意繼續並加快我們的工作,以逐步改變建築環境。”

“但是,今天,我們需要認識到,我們與Architects Declare指導小組在如何實現積極變化方面存在著重大分歧。”

Steering group determined “absolute interpretation of the coalition’s commitments”|指導小組確定“對聯盟承諾的絕對解釋”

The decision to leave the climate change network follows growing tension between the studio and Architects Declare’s steering group, which is made up of 11 architects, engineers and communication professionals working for UK architecture studios.

Last week, in response to comments made by Zaha Hadid Architects’ principal Patrik Schumacher, Architects Declare’s steering group told Dezeen that its aims were being “undermined by a few practices” that were “clearly contravening” their climate pledges.

The studio’s move appears to be in response to these comments.

“For us how change is delivered requires discussion, cooperation and collaboration, and this must be debated without condemnation,” said the statement.

“Architects Declare’s steering group has unilaterally decided on its own precise and absolute interpretation of the coalition’s commitments,” it continued.

“By doing so, we believe they are setting the profession up for failure. Redefining these commitments without engagement undermines the coalition and trust.”

離開氣候變化網絡的決定是由於工作室與Architects Declare指導小組之間日益緊張的關係,該指導小組由在英國建築工作室工作的11位建築師,工程師和通訊專業人員組成。

上週,響應Zaha Hadid Architects的負責人Patrik Schumacher的評論,Architects Declare的指導小組告訴Dezeen,其目標“受到一些實踐的破壞”,這些實踐“明顯違反了”他們的氣候承諾。

工作室的舉動似乎是對這些評論的回應。

聲明說:“對我們而言,如何實現變革需要進行討論,合作與協作,而且必須對此進行辯論,而不應予以譴責。”

它繼續說:“建築師聲明的指導小組已經單方面決定了其對聯盟承諾的精確和絕對的解釋。”

“通過這樣做,我們相信他們正在為失敗做準備。重新定義這些承諾而沒有參與破壞了聯盟和信任。”

Two founding signatories leave Architects Declare|兩位創始簽字人離開建築師聲明

Over the past year, Zaha Hadid Architects and Foster + Partners, two of the 17 founding signatories of Architects Declare, have been criticised for working on aviation projects.

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.

This division over working on airport projects led Foster + Partners to leave Architects Declare yesterday, with studio founder Norman Foster saying: “agriculture and aviation are not going to go away and they will both need the most sustainable buildings to serve them together with the architects who can most responsibly design them.”

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.

However, Zaha Hadid Architects warned that making the aims of Architects Declare too narrow, could be a mistake for the group in the long run.

“We saw Architects Declare as a broad church to raise consciousness on the issues; enabling architectural practices of all sizes to build a coalition for change and help each other find solutions,” said the studio.

“We need to be progressive, but we see no advantage in positioning the profession to fail. In fact, it would be a historic mistake.”

在過去的一年中,Zaha Hadid Architects和Foster + Partners是Architects Declare的17個創始簽字人中的兩個,他們因從事航空項目而受到批評。

扎哈·哈迪德建築師事務所(Zaha Hadid Architects)因設計西悉尼國際機場而受到批評,而福斯特建築事務所(Foster + Partners)決定為沙特阿拉伯的一個豪華度假勝地設計機場的決定,導致另一個倡導更激進的氣候行動的建築師氣候行動網絡呼籲該工作室從項目或從Architects Declare中退出。

負責機場項目的部門導致Foster + Partners昨天離開了Architects Declare,工作室創始人Norman Foster說:“農業和航空業不會消失,它們都需要最可持續發展的建築才能與建築師一起為他們提供服務誰可以最負責任地設計它們。”

自成立以來,Architects Declare在英國的分支機構已獲得1000多個簽字人,而其國際姊妹團體在20多個國家/地區擁有近6,000個簽字人。

但是,扎哈·哈迪德(Zaha Hadid)建築師警告說,從長遠來看,使建築師聲明的目標過於狹窄可能是一個錯誤。

該工作室說:“我們認為建築師宣告會是一個廣泛的教會,以提高人們對問題的意識;使各種規模的建築實踐都能結成變革聯盟,並互相幫助找到解決方案。”

“我們需要進步,但我們認為將專業定位為失敗沒有任何優勢。實際上,這將是歷史性的錯誤。”

FROM:https://www.dezeen.com/2020/12/03/zaha-hadid-architects-leaves-architects-declare/

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