what we see who we hear what we say BSA COTE 03.15.2017 Image source: Architect Magazine, Michael Gleenwood shawn hesse, RA, LEED AP BD+C, O+M, LFA architect sustainability consultant architecture is not apolitical Image source: Architect Magazine, Michael Gleenwood BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 1
the evidence room I realized I had been searching for the greatest crime ever committed by architects, and I had found it. Robert Jan Van Pelt meeting the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 2
triple bottom line social sustainability environmental sustainability economic sustainability triple bottom line social sustainability environmental sustainability economic sustainability BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 3
triple bottom line economy society environment median net worth $8 $247,500 BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 4
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what we see Image source: Architect Magazine, Michael Gleenwood 6 LEED Gold Certifications Photo by Lars Plougmann BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 6
6 LEED Gold Certifications Photo by Lars Plougmann 6 deaths in 5 incidents construction death rate BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 7
mega sporting event construction deaths 2004 Athens Olympics 2008 Beijing Olympics 2010 New Delhi CW Games 2012 London Olympics 2014 Brazil World Cup 2022 Qatar World Cup 14 10 50 0 9 500 4,000 Photo by Karim Jaafar/AFP got responsibility? http://www.zaha hadid.com/people/zaha hadid/ BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 8
got responsibility? It s not my duty as an architect to look at it. Zaha Hadid http://www.zaha hadid.com/people/zaha hadid/ got responsibility? I don t have the power to make these changes. But maybe I am wrong and I could help. But I don t know how. Zaha Hadid http://www.zaha hadid.com/people/zaha hadid/ BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 9
4/6/2017 the morality of a brick human rights risk index $34 billion in profits as a result of forced labor BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 10
1936 Philadelphia 1936 Boston BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 11
our cities are still racist "Legislation can always be changed. It's very hard to tear down a bridge once it's up" Robert Moses who we hear Image source: Architect Magazine, Michael Gleenwood BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 12
1995 chicago heat wave 739 deaths in 5 days Photo: Gary Braasch 2007 hubway 28% underbanked/ unbanked BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 13
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non white architects principals 11% staff 21% students 56% http://www.npr.org/2016/09/14/493688656/100 years in the making black history and culture museum ready for reveal women near architecture principals 20% staff 31% students 45% Denise Scott Brown in Las Vegas. Image Frank Hanswijk BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 16
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what we say Image source: Architect Magazine, Michael Gleenwood architecture of gender Photo by Al Jazeera BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 18
Mass Incarceration Architecture as Enabler Number of Prison Facilities Source: National Research Council, 2014 The Growth of Incarceration in the United States ADPSR Research on U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics data Justice? Mass Incarceration Source: National Research Council, 2014 The Growth of Incarceration in the United States BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 19
Mass Incarceration & Institutional Racism Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, A.I.A. BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 20
Mass Incarceration versus Education Source: California Common Sense: http://www.cacs.org/ca/article/44 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/cfd87fxviaawpmz.jpg BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 21
31states + federal government Photo credit: Florida Department of Corrections/D solitary confinement 30 year sentence Drawing by Thomas Silverstein BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 22
Current AIA Code of Ethics AIA Code of Ethics, Ethical Standard* 1.4: Members should uphold human rights in all their professional endeavors. Rule 1.401 Members shall not discriminate in their professional activities on the basis of race, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or sexual orientation. * only Ethics Rules are enforceable, not Standards Oklahoma State Penitentiary Execution Complex, Built 1992; renovated 2014 (tulsaworld.com) ADPSR s Ethical Proposal Proposed Rule 1.402: Members shall not design spaces intended for execution or for torture or other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, including prolonged solitary confinement. BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 23
Endorsements and support Endorsements from: AIA Chapters Human Rights Groups Architecture Organizations Over 17,000 Individuals lethal injection room American Medical Association American Nurses Association American Society of Anesthesiologists American Psychiatric Association American Psychological Association Society of Correctional Physicians National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians National Commission on Correctional Health Care American Public Health Association World Medical Association Photo by California Department of Corrections BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 24
Response The AIA Code of Ethics should not exist to create limitations on the practice by AIA members of specific building types. There is real potential of antitrust challenges to such a rule. It would be extremely difficult for the National Ethics Council to review and decide complaints brought under the proposed rule. - Letter to ADPSR from 2014 AIA President Helene Combs Dreiling, FAIA public vs private space BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 25
$21.6 billion #WeWontBuildYourWall IMAGE CREDIT: FLICKR, WONDERLANE. 7,000 human remains since 1994 BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 26
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#WeWontBuildYourWall 3.28.17 charrette Workbar Cambridge 5 pm ADPSR calls for architects, designers, and contractors to submit alternative proposals to the federal government's solicitation for "more comprehensive long-term strategies related to the border wall." Submissions are due March 31, 2017. This is an opportunity to provide ideas supporting human rights, and to reinforce that designers will not collaborate with hate, racism, fear, or violence. Instead we can demand investment for the public good! Submissions may include text or images, and can be detailed or conceptual. Up to 5 page PDF submissions should be sent directly to DHS at Wall_Innovations@hq.dhs.gov, and cc d to ADPSR at borderwall@adpsr.org Proposals may also be sent directly to ADPSR for anonymous submission to the DHS. Proposals received by March 30, 2017 will be compiled and submitted collectively. ADPSR will also publish all proposals received, with or without attribution by request. Read the full Request for Information from the Department of Homeland Security here Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well being of [oneself and one s] family, including food, clothing, housing, [education], and medical care. Article 25 and 26, Universal Declaration of Human Rights BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 28
what we see Seek to uncover the shadows of previously inequitable decisions who we hear Build a culture that values diversity and inclusion within the profession and firms Photo credit: Perkins + Will BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 29
what we say Use the voice of the architecture profession to make positive change to alleviate suffering, and uphold human rights LEED Social Equity Working Group BSA COTE shawnhesse@gmail.com 30
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