Prinz Charles & MCS

[Silvia K. Müller]

Hallo,

hier ein Bericht über eine Rede von Prinz Charles, bzgl. gesunder Bauweise und MCS.

Tuesday February 22, 2005
The Guardian

Prince Charles yesterday resumed his long-standing argument with
architects and planners, suggesting they were responsible for building
unhealthy cities and buildings. Too many in the professions still
regarded cities and towns as simple collections of mechanical parts,
he said. "Just as we cannot treat organs in isolation, but must
promote the health of the whole person, so we are beginning to see we
can't treat people in isolation, either. It is imperative that we
apply the notion of healing not only to ourselves, but also to our
built and natural environments which have been so brutalised."
Addressing a conference of public health specialists, architects and planners in London, he added:
"Modern pollutants found in the chemicals with which we surround
ourselves are giving rise to new terminology such as 'sick building
syndrome' and 'multiple chemical sensitivity'." There had been
alarming increases in allergies, with asthma alone costing the £900m a year.
"Instead of seeing every building as an opportunity to make an ever
more imaginative 'statement', I believe we must see each piece of the
built environment as part of a living language, connected to a living
tradition," Charles said. "We must come to regard the characteristics
of traditional architecture as not merely unfashionable political
statements, to be thrown out with yesterday's rubbish along with the
baby and the bathwater, but rather as organically adapting creation
over the passage of time, helping us to generate and regenerate places
that relate to our essential humanity. "I know you all know what I
mean in your heart of hearts - its just that so many of us are
terrified of being thought of as old-fashioned, out of touch and 'not
modern'. Don't worry. I've already volunteered for this particular task," he said.

[Dundee]

Hier noch mehr Statements:

Prince's new architecture blast
Prince Charles has launched an attack on the "cavalier attitude" of Britain's architects and town planners.
He told a Royal College of Physicians conference how car-focused cities affect rates of obesity, respiratory problems, asthma and heart disease.

"When we build badly, it doesn't only affect the health of the natural environment, it affects our own health as well," said the prince.

He urged that new buildings be seen as part of a "living language".

And he warned against the dangers of architecture being used to make iconic statements or indulge in egotistical ambitions.

'Brutalised'

The prince made his speech at the society's conference on the healing environment in London.

He said the UK's built and natural environment had been "brutalised" over the past century.


Something as simple as the view from a hospital ward may release the need for painkillers
Prince of Wales

But he was keen to stress how the "notion of healing" should be applied to our natural environment as well as to the individual.

"We need to relax our somewhat obsessive preoccupation with treating specific symptoms of diseases in isolation," he said.

Instead we need to "look at the whole - the person, the street, the town and city and our natural inheritance - together".

'Enormous shift'

George Ferguson, president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, said: "I agree with Prince Charles' sentiments but, if anything, he's generalising too much.

"The architectural profession cares a lot about these issues and he must make allowance for the good things that have happened as well as the bad.

The architectural profession cares a lot about these issues and he must make allowance for the good things that have happened as well as the bad.
George Ferguson
Royal Institute of British Architects

"I believe there has been an enormous shift in attitude within the profession and the trend encouraged by the Royal Institute of British Architects is towards making good places rather than iconic buildings."
Part of the address focused on the ways in which good design of hospitals and wards can benefit patients.

"Something as simple as the view from a hospital ward may release the need for painkillers and the length of stay for patients who have had surgery."

'Monstrous carbuncle'

His Foundation for the Built Environment has been working with the NHS to improve the quality of new hospitals.

The prince also addressed the delegates about pesticides, conventional medicine and the need "for an understanding of our place in nature".

The heir to the throne has long criticised modern architecture.

In 1984 he called a proposed extension to the National Gallery in London a "monstrous carbuncle".

And his questioning of the usage of modern technology - particularly nanotechnology - has invited criticism from some in the science community.

The prince announced his engagement to long-term partner Camilla Parker Bowles earlier this month.

[Glada]

Hallo,

kann nicht einer die erste Rede von Prinz Charles ins Deutsche bringen. Das kann man gut weiterreichen.

Lieben Gruss

Glada