Zaha Hadid says it's not her job to pay attention to how many migrant workers die in the construction of her World Cup stadium. We asked four top architects--Bjarke Ingels, Liz Diller, Clive Wilkinson, and Curtis Fentress--how morality fits into the process of accepting or rejecting a commission. — fastcodesign.com
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Does Liz Diller actually believe any of the verbal shit which is spewing out of her mouth? They are designing a factory in China. They might as well be designing a prison camp. She claims the factory is "integrating cultural and educational programming, [and] aims to convert blue-collar workers into the white-collar work force within three years. The architecture is a big part of the solution."
Right. Whatever helps you sleep at night. I'm sure these iPhone assembly workers will be ready for Silicon Valley management in 3 years thanks to your glass box.
Bjarke is no better...it's OK to design for a totalitarian dictator, so long as the program calls for something which might elevate their education or culture? Will women be allowed in your library? Will non state-sanctioned books and media be permitted?
The moral hoops they jump through to justify what they're doing is pretty astounding. In all honesty, I would rather listen to Zaha and her utterly reprehensible stance ("sucks to be the workers...it's not my problem...I get a once-in-a-lifetime commission of a World Cup stadium and I want to build the damn thing) than to have an architect claim that they're actually doing something upstanding and righteous when clearly they just want a new project. At least Zaha is honest.
HotelSphinx. Well said. My thoughts too. Except that I dont agree being honest about is is less reprebensible. Effect is the same.
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