Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine (APJP) have advertised in The Times (24/05/2007) for support for 3 petitions including Lifta campaign.
Shortly, the APJP will be sending 3 petitions in protest to challenge the unethical actions of Israeli architects and planners. Their half-page advertisement includes a list of signatories from highly acclaimed British and International professionals and academics who have signed the petition in support to the projects. The advertisement reads as follows:
Acting against international law, Israel continues to build settlements on Palestinian territory. Israeli architects and planners have helped build settlements and towns on appropriated Palestinian land. Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine (APJP) assert that the actions of Israeli architects and planners working in conjunction with this enterprise, are unethical, and contravene professional codes of conduct and UIA codes. It is time to challenge the IAUA and the Israeli government to end such projects. We have launched a petition to highlight 3 projects that typify the appropriation of Palestinian land aided by Israeli architects and other design professionals:
In Silwan 88 Palestinian homes are under threat of demolition. This is part of a development for ultra-religious Israeli settlers on illegally annexed Palestinian land. The E1 Plan expands the largest illegal settlement, Ma'ale Adumim, to link it with metropolitan Jerusalem; it will dissect the northern and southern West Bank, destroying the possibility of a contiguous Palestinian state. Support the campaign to save Lifta, ruins of a Palestinian village, from being converted into a development for wealthy American visitors, to the exclusion of the original inhabitants, their heritage and memory. We call on the Israeli Association of United Architects to adhere to UIA Codes of Coduct, and end the participation of their members and fellow professionals in creating 'facts on the ground' to obliterate the idea of a viable future Palestinian state. If you would like to add your name to the petition or see the complete list of signatories, please go to http://www.apjp.org or mailto:info@apjp.org
Volume 11 - Cities Unbuilt
Includes articles on Lifta & other FAST projects. Volume is a project by ARCHIS + AMO + C-LAB + ...."It seems an eternal distinction: sometimes people build, sometimes they destroy. However, since we have a concept of modernity, we also understand that building is very often based on sheer destruction. It is ‘the price of progress’. A new insight is now emerging: much destruction also has an agenda. It has a precision that reminds us of architecture. It has a formal dimension that reminds us of design. In this issue: explore the sinister creativity of Cities Unbuilt." - www.archis.org. Sold @ www.amazon.com
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