好色先生TV

Norman Foster has suggested that architects who refuse to work on airport projects because of aviation鈥檚 contribution to greenhouse gas emissions are taking a 鈥渉ypocritical moral stance鈥�.

The Foster & Partners founder said architects 鈥渃an鈥檛 walk away鈥� from a responsibility to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings used for transport.

In December last year, Foster withdrew his practice from Architects Declare, a global coalition of more than 6,000 practices that has made commitments to refuse work which undermines the fight against climate change.

Foster, who co-founded the group, said at the time that 鈥測ou cannot wind the clock backwards鈥�.

He added that aviation has a vital role to play in co-ordinating international action to fight global warming.

Architects Declare said last year that it was disappointed in Foster鈥檚 decision to withdraw from the group, while the Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) accused Foster and Partners at the time of making a 鈥渂izarre, outdated statement鈥�.

In an this week, the architect said that 鈥測ou have to have a sense of perspective about this鈥�.

Arguing that society is based on mobility, Foster said that jet travel only contributes 2% of carbon emissions compared to 15% for all other modes of transport.

鈥淭here are those who 鈥� I respect their outlook, their views 鈥� who walk away and say that as a moral principle we are not going to have anything to do with mobility in the form of air travel because it has a carbon footprint. 

鈥淚 would argue that everything has a carbon footprint, and in relative terms the carbon footprint of air travel is relatively small. 

鈥淭hat does not mean it shouldn鈥檛 be addressed, but I do feel passionately that we have to address the infrastructure of mobility. 

鈥淲e have to reduce its carbon footprint like everything else. We can鈥檛 walk away from it. We can鈥檛 adopt a hypocritical moral stance.鈥�

Foster also said that green buildings will become more mainstream in the future because of the pandemic.

He said that healthier buildings with natural ventilation and contact with nature are currently being driven by 鈥渇ringe, progressive individuals鈥� like Bloomberg founder Mike Blooomberg, the client on his Stirling Prize-winning Bloomberg HQ in the City of London.

But he argued that younger generations who are 鈥渕ore demanding, more informed鈥� will cause these design changes to become more popular.

鈥淎ll of these trends were there before the pandemic, the pandemic has merely magnified and accelerated them,鈥� he said.