ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cameron Sinclair - Co-founder, Architecture for Humanity
2006 TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair is co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that seeks architecture solutions to global crises -- and acts as a conduit between the design community and the world's humanitarian needs.

Why you should listen

After training as an architect, Cameron Sinclair (then age 24) joined Kate Stohr to found Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that helps architects apply their skills to humanitarian efforts. Starting with just $700 and a simple web site in 1999, AFH has grown into an international hub for humanitarian design, offering innovative solutions to housing problems in all corners of the globe.

Whether rebuilding earthquake-ravaged Bam in Iran, designing a soccer field doubling as an HIV/AIDS clinic in Africa, housing refugees on the Afghan border, or helping Katrina victims rebuild, Architecture for Humanity works by Sinclair's mantra: "Design like you give a damn." (Sinclair and Stohr cowrote a book by the same name, released in 2006.)

A regular contributor to the sustainability blog Worldchanging.com, Sinclair is now working on the Open Architecture Network, born from the wish he made when he accepted the 2006 TED Prize: to build a global, open-source network where architects, governments and NGOs can share and implement design plans to house the world.

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Cameron Sinclair | Speaker | TED.com
TED2009

Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust

Cameron Sinclair: Begunci gospodarske rasti in padca

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Na TEDGlobal U-u, Cameron Sinclair pokaže skrite stroške nepremičninskih megaprojektov, ki so propadli: tisoči gradbenih delavcev migrantov, zapuščenih in brez ficka. Svojim kolegom arhitektom pravi, da je samo en odgovor etičen.
- Co-founder, Architecture for Humanity
2006 TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair is co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that seeks architecture solutions to global crises -- and acts as a conduit between the design community and the world's humanitarian needs. Full bio

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Pred nekaj leti so se mi odprle oči
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to the darktemno sidestran of the constructionGradnja industryindustrijo.
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in spoznal sem temno stran gradbene industrije.
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In 2006, youngmladi QatariQatari studentsštudenti
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Leta 2006 so me mladi Katarski študenti
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tookvzel me to go and see the migrantmigrant workerdelavec campstabori.
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peljali na ogled kampov delovnih migrantov.
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And sinceod then I've followedsledi the unfoldingRazvijanje issuetežava of workerdelavec rightspravice.
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In od takrat sledim razvijajočemu se problemu delavskih pravic.
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In the last sixšest monthsmesecev, more than 300 skyscrapersnebotičnikov
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V zadnjih šestih mesecih je gradnja več kot 300 nebotičnikov
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in the UAEZAE have been put on holddržite or canceledprekinjeno.
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v Združenih arabskih emiratih (ZAE) začasno ustavljena ali preklicana.
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BehindZadaj the headlinesnaslovi that layležati behindzadaj these buildingszgradbe
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Za naslovnicami, ki ležijo za temi zgradbami,
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is the fateusoda of the often-indenturedpogosto indentured constructionGradnja workerdelavec.
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so usode gradbenih delavcev, pogosto pogodbenih.
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1.1 millionmilijonov of them.
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1,1 milijona njih.
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MainlyPredvsem IndianIndijski, PakistaniPakistanski, SriSri LankanLanki
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V glavnem Indijci, Pakistanci, Šrilančani
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and NepaleseNepalski, these laborersdelavce risktveganje everything
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in Nepalci. Ti delavci tvegajo vse,
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to make moneydenar for theirnjihovi familiesdružine back home.
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da bi zaslužili denar za svoje družine v domovini.
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They payplačati a middle-mansrednjih človek thousandstisoče of dollarsdolarjev to be there.
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Posredniku plačajo tisoče dolarjev, da bi bili tam.
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And when they arriveprispejo, they find themselvessami in laborporod campstabori with no watervoda,
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In ko prispejo, se znajdejo v delavskih kampih brez vode,
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no airzrak conditioningkondicioniranje, and theirnjihovi passportspotni listi takensprejeti away.
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brez klime in z odvzetimi potnimi listi.
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While it's easyenostavno to pointtočka the fingerprst at locallokalno officialsuradniki and highervišje authoritiesorgani oblasti,
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Čeprav je lahko pokazati s prstom na lokalne uradnike in višje oblasti,
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99 percentodstotkov of these people are hirednajel by the privatezasebno sectorsektorju,
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99 odstotkov teh ljudi najame zasebni sektor,
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and so thereforezato we're equallyenako, if not more, accountableodgovoren.
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zato smo mi enako, če ne celo bolj, odgovorni.
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GroupsSkupine like BuildsafeBuildsafe UAEZAE have emergedpojavil,
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Pojavile so se skupine kot je Buildsafe UAE,
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but the numbersštevilke are simplypreprosto overwhelmingpreveč.
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vendar so številke preprosto ogromne.
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In AugustAvgust 2008,
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Avgusta 2008 so
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UAEZAE publicjavnost officialsuradniki notedopozoriti
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javni uslužbenci ZAE ugotovili,
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that 40 percentodstotkov of the country'sdržave 1,098 laborporod campstabori
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da je 40 odstotkov od 1.098 delavskih kampov v državi
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had violatedkršeno minimumnajmanj healthzdravje and fireogenj safetyvarnost regulationspredpisov.
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prekršilo predpise o minimalni zdravstveni in požarni varnosti.
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And last summerpoletje, more than 10,000 workersdelavce
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Prejšnje poletje pa je več kot 10.000 delavcev
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protestedprotestiral for the non-paymentneplačilo of wagesplače,
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protestiralo proti neizplačilu plač,
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for the poorslabo qualitykakovost of foodhrano, and inadequateneustrezne housingstanovanja.
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slabi kakovosti hrane in neprimerni nastanitvi.
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And then the financialfinančno collapsekolaps happenedse je zgodilo.
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Potem pa se je zgodil finančni zlom.
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When the contractorsizvajalci have goneizginil bustprsi,
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Ko so izvajalci propadli,
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as they'veoni so been overleveragedoverleveraged like everyonevsi elsedrugače,
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ker so bili tudi oni prezadolženi, tako kot vsi ostali,
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the differenceRazlika is everything goesgre missingpogrešam,
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je razlika v tem, da je pri njih vse izginilo,
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documentationdokumentacija, passportspotni listi,
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dokumentacija, potni listi
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and ticketsvstopnice home for these workersdelavce.
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in vozovnice za vrnitev teh delavcev domov.
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CurrentlyTrenutno, right now, thousandstisoče of workersdelavce are abandonedopuščeni.
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Trenutno, ravno zdaj, je na tisoče delavcev zapuščenih.
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There is no way back home.
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Ni načina, da se vrnejo domov.
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And there is no way, and no proofdokaz of arrivalprihod.
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Ni poti in ni dokazov, da so sploh prispeli.
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These are the boom-and-bustboom in bankrot refugeesbegunci.
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To so begunci gospodarske rasti in padca.
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The questionvprašanje is, as a buildingstavbe professionalstrokovno,
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Vprašanje je, če kot gradbeni strokovnjak,
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as an architectarhitekt, an engineerinženir, as a developerrazvijalec,
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arhitekt, inženir, razvojnik,
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if you know this is going on,
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če veste, da se to dogaja,
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as we go to the sightsznamenitosti everyvsak singlesamski weekteden,
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ko gremo na gradbišča čisto vsak teden,
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are you complacentzadovoljni or complicitvpleten
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ali ste samozadovoljni ali sokrivi
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in the humančlovek rightspravice violationskršitve?
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pri kršenju človekovih pravic?
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So let's forgetpozabi your environmentalokolje footprintodtis.
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Pozabimo torej na vaš ekološki odtis.
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Let's think about your ethicaletično footprintodtis.
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Razmislimo o vašem etičnem odtisu.
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What good is it
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Kakšna je korist od
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to buildzgraditi a zero-carbonnič ogljika, energyenergija efficientučinkovito complexkompleksno,
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gradnje brezogljičnih, energijsko učinkovitih kompleksov,
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when the laborporod producingproizvajajo this architecturalarhitekturno gemdragulj
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če se z delovno silo, ki gradi ta arhitekturni presežek,
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is unethicalneetično at bestnajboljši?
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ravna v najboljšem primeru neetično?
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Now, recentlypred kratkim I've been told I've been takingjemanje the highvisoko roadcesta.
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Pred kratkim so mi rekli, da ne iščem bližnjic, da sem moralen.
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But, quitečisto franklyodkrito, on this issuetežava,
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Ampak, odkrito povedano, glede tega vprašanja
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there is no other roadcesta.
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drugačna pot ne obstaja.
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So let's not forgetpozabi who is really payingplačilo the pricecena of this financialfinančno collapsekolaps.
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Tako ne pozabimo, kdo v resnici plačuje ceno finančnega zloma.
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And that as we worryskrbi about our nextNaslednji jobdelo in the officeurad,
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Ko nas skrbi naš naslednji posel v pisarni,
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the nextNaslednji designoblikovanje that we can get, to keep our workersdelavce.
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naslednji načrt, ki ga lahko dobimo, da obdržimo delavce,
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Let's not forgetpozabi these menmoški, who are trulyresnično dyingumiranje to work.
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ne pozabimo teh ljudi, ki resnično umirajo, da bi delali.
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Thank you.
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Hvala.
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(Aplavz)
Translated by Matej Divjak
Reviewed by Tilen Pigac - EFZG

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cameron Sinclair - Co-founder, Architecture for Humanity
2006 TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair is co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that seeks architecture solutions to global crises -- and acts as a conduit between the design community and the world's humanitarian needs.

Why you should listen

After training as an architect, Cameron Sinclair (then age 24) joined Kate Stohr to found Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that helps architects apply their skills to humanitarian efforts. Starting with just $700 and a simple web site in 1999, AFH has grown into an international hub for humanitarian design, offering innovative solutions to housing problems in all corners of the globe.

Whether rebuilding earthquake-ravaged Bam in Iran, designing a soccer field doubling as an HIV/AIDS clinic in Africa, housing refugees on the Afghan border, or helping Katrina victims rebuild, Architecture for Humanity works by Sinclair's mantra: "Design like you give a damn." (Sinclair and Stohr cowrote a book by the same name, released in 2006.)

A regular contributor to the sustainability blog Worldchanging.com, Sinclair is now working on the Open Architecture Network, born from the wish he made when he accepted the 2006 TED Prize: to build a global, open-source network where architects, governments and NGOs can share and implement design plans to house the world.

More profile about the speaker
Cameron Sinclair | Speaker | TED.com