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FROM THE EDITOR
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lthough the global spread of COVID-19 did not put paid to the Futurebuild event, despite it being an international construction gathering – including some architects – the virus’ rampage has since seen organisers cancel some other key industry events.
MIPIM, held in Cannes every year and the scene of a lot of close-proximity property sector mingling, has now been moved to June. The Venice Biennale – unsurprisingly given the widespread nature of the problem across northern Italy – has also been postponed by three months. One big issue is, of course, that this virus might be a long-term problem, which will give event organisers headaches as well as coughs in the coming months.
It’s ironic that just as the UK is about to isolate itself from Europe, but wants to reach out to trade with far-flung lands, the consequences of global travel are coming home to roost with the rapid spread of Coronavirus, and a more insular approach to life generally is being adopted. We don’t know just how far this disease is going to reach into our everyday lives, and currently it seems as if the UK impact is on the low scale, but there may be more highly contagious new bugs around the corner, and a need for a more rigorous approach to controlling air travel as well as basic hygiene, not to mention panic-buying.
The outbreak has temporarily pushed the climate emergency down the fickle news agenda, however this was what Futurebuild’s organisers were trying to tackle head on with a conference programme that reached out well beyond the normal parameters of those directly involved in construction. From academics looking at biodiversity challenges, to architects prepared to advocate against new build for the sake of the environment (Duncan Baker- Brown from BBM for one), the Futurebuild programme moved the agenda away from the normal ‘build-first’ momentum of the industry to provide an inclusive ‘we’re in this together’ approach suggesting it’s now everyone’s job to actively tackle climate change.
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The realities are of course stark, with the ‘net zero’ goal of 2050 being just 30 years away – not a long time given the challenges we face. The first major one for the industry is the 2025 Future Homes Standard, which will ban the use of fossil fuels in all new homes and see them either adopting a ‘fabric’-based improvement in energy efficiency of 20 per cent, or a 31 per cent improvement using bolt-on renewables (eg PVs and air source heat pumps). Having formulated these two options for its recently completed industry consultation, and stating its preference for the latter, the Government seems to be offering a bit less assistance than is desirable, hinted at in some recent research we have done.
A total of 21.6 per cent of a straw poll we undertook of readers said they “strongly disagreed” that the Government was providing “sufficient information” around the new Standard, and it’s going to need to do a lot more than that to help designers and housebuilders get ready in time. The rather ‘slippery’ showing from the Ministry of Housing’s head of energy and environmental standards, Peter Rankin, at Futurebuild, giving no clear sign on when the Government will comment on the consultation response, did little to help.
James Parker Editor
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ON THE COVER... A development of nine contemporary homes by John Pardey Architects has completed in Gosport. The trapezoid-shaped homes feature grey-profiled clad exteriors and have achieved a flood-resilient design on a low-lying site. Cover Image © Richard Chivers For the full report on this project, go to page 36
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