Simon Sturgis
@Simonsturgis
Working for a low carbon built environment. ex-Chair @RIBA Sustainability Group, MD of #TargetingZero, author of @RICSnews and @RIBA Whole Life Carbon guidances
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http://www.targetingzero.co.uk 24-12-2008 08:45:08
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Simon Sturgis Architects’ Journal Completely agree here. But that Heatherwick project has got to be the worst example - have you seen how much additional concrete it took to « retain »?! 🤯
See my article in Architects’ Journal on why the future must include the past.
architectsjournal.co.uk/news/opinion/w…
Embodied impact should definitely be measured per occupant and not per m2 #GrandDesigns
kg/CO2e/person should absolutely be a metric for reporting, alongside per m2 to avoid overly #GrandDesigns masking massive climate impacts by achieving low figures per sqm, despite sometimes being 300sqm as a 1 bed home. Let’s start this.
Very excited to be a keynote speaker as a guest of Charles Duggan of Dublin City Council Dublin City Heritage Office on ‘Architecture and Climate, how the past can save the future’. 12.15 on Friday 3 Nov. Also on Zoom.
Highly enjoyable attack piece by Olly Wainwright, calling out Heatherwick's reductive nonsense. Quite depressing how much more attention it's had than serious discussion of buildings now. Wish it were Simon Sturgis or Philip Oldfield getting the press.
theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…