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
Thamesmead Waterfront and Home of 2030, two competitions wins where ‘landscape is the glue’
Landscape architect Jo Gibbons on why trees matter, urban forestry and greening our cities
Barnabas Calder revisits architectural history through the lens of energy and climate
Guy Shrubsole on rewilding Britain and greening our cities
Steve Webb & Wilf Meynell: ‘We’re brainwashed into steel and concrete mode’
Harry Paticas on empowering communities through the low-carbon retrofit of primary schools
Owen Hatherley on Modernism + Will Hurst explains RetroFirst (bonus episode)
Anna Heringer: 'You can build with clay in a very modern way'
Sarah Wigglesworth: 'Sustainable architecture is fantastically creative'
Haworth Tompkins' Diana Dina: 'We want to share ideas with other practices'
Sofie Pelsmakers: 'Sustainable architecture is "architecture on steroids" – it needs to perform'
Annalie Riches: 'We need more projects that show sustainable design isn't ugly'
Maria Smith: 'It's depressing how much architects are the problem'
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