There are many non-profit organizations involved in doing socially and\or environmentally responsible work that need architects but do not have the means to hire them. Architects should donate their time and services, assisted by interns, to these organizations whenever they are able.
Architects should be selective (even at great expense) about the work in which they choose to become involved. For example, they should not design housing developments which displace working farms, or any projects proposed for ecologically sensitive or culturally precious sites.
Architects should not design custom multi-million dollar private
residences, or any projects for that matter, that promote and ostentatiously display economic disparity.
This principle states that architects, designers, and builders must be
responsible planetary citizens and work only on projects that enhance global equity and peace.
