Ep 43. AJ Climate Champions with Hattie Hartman and George Morgan. London Eye architect Julia Barfield explains how the climate emergency changed the way her practice, Marks Barfield, operates, as well as what’s ahead for the Architects Declare movement.
Julia shares insights from recent projects on how to achieve circularity in retrofit, the challenges of stockpiling materials for reuse and how Orms’ material passports can be adapted for retrofit. ‘We must treat all materials as the precious resource they are,’ she says.
She talks about her practice’s Stirling Prize-shortlisted Cambridge Mosque, which is part of a Built by Nature-funded post-occupancy study evaluating the quality of life and performance aspects of five CLT buildings.
We also speak to Julia and fellow Architects Declare steering group member Zoe Watson about what AD has achieved four years on as well as its current workstreams, including climate emergency training for design review panels and Meet the Steering Group sessions where AD signatories can seek practical advice on how to further sustainable design within their own practices.
As part of an ambitious strategy for change, AD is launching a three-part roadmap aimed at equipping Government policymakers with practical and impactful policies to reduce emissions, kickstart the circular economy and restore social and natural infrastructure. AD plans to launch its document in Parliament in 2024.
For show notes and to catch up on all AJ Climate Champions episodes, click here
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AKTII’s David Watson on how to reduce the environmental impacts of brick
‘Over-specification of concrete is an industry addiction’
Henning Larsen’s Martha Lewis on how to screen materials for both chemicals and carbon
‘I’m no longer the wood weirdo,’ says Andrew Waugh
The Public Practice associates driving retrofit and net zero in the public sector
Je Ahn on setting up Studio Weave and working with found materials
Architects must re-educate themselves on timber sourcing
Architype’s Ann-Marie Fallon: ‘Net Zero has almost lost its meaning’
‘We apologise for designing buildings that exploit the planet’
Chinese architect Xu Tiantian on revitalising rural villages
Historic England’s Morwenna Slade on why a ‘fabric first’ approach must be used with caution in heritage buildings
Adapting conservation area guidance for climate emergency
Balancing heritage and climate urgency in listed buildings
Educators Sofie Pelsmakers and Cíaran Malik on teaching climate literate design
The trade-off between ventilation and airtightness in the post-pandemic world
Why architectural education needs radical reform
Danish architect Lone Feifer on ‘absolute’ sustainability
Hawkins\Brown’s Louisa Bowles on what net zero actually means
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