HomeMy WebLinkAbout9/3/2019 Item 18, Schmidt (3)
Purrington, Teresa
From:Richard Schmidt <slobuild@yahoo.com>
Sent:Tuesday, September 3, 2019 2:22 PM
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Item 18 again. Fw: the Guardian: Where are the architects who will put the
environment first?
In response to the Mayor's new propaganda video, here is yet more evidence -- not written by me and
not especially profound at that -- of the overall insignificance of your new code in terms of solving the
earth's problems. The problem isn't fuel, it's how we build our city. Why does the city drag its feet on
the important stuff?
Note, new building is inherently anti-climate most of the time. The greenest building is one already
built. The simplest way to build green is not to build at all: existing building stock is a vast store of
carbon and of resources that are lost when a building is demolished. Yet your entire philosophy of
city-making is based on building demolition and terracide. What a shame.
Richard Schmidt
Where are the architects who will put the environment first?
To
help
Where are the architects who will put the
prot
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your
priva
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environment first?
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Rowan Moore
Architects need to see the climate crisis not just as a
problem but as an opportunity for creative thinking
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