Elemental ends internships amid growing row over unpaid work in architecture studios
Chilean architecture studio Elemental, led by Pritzker Prize winner Alejandro Aravena, has announced it is ending internships after getting caught up in a row about the practice of unpaid labour in architecture.
Elemental wrote to Dezeen today to announce the decision, saying that "given the current state of the debate ? we have decided to close our internship positions."
Elemental "could not afford to pay" its interns
In its email the studio, which has built a reputation for socially aware design and innovative affordable-housing solutions, set out its reasons for hiring unpaid interns in the past.
"Knowing that we could not afford to pay the interns, we suggested candidates to apply to scholarships in their country of origin, and many students came with grants for such professional training purposes," it wrote. "Following these conditions we have had more than 150 interns, with an average ranging from three to five at a time."
Pritzker Prize-winner Alejandro Aravena's studio Elemental has announced it is suspending its internships scheme
The studio complained that Dezeen had failed to contact the studio when reporting claims of unpaid internships at the firm in a recent news story. In fact, Dezeen submitted questions via the architects' contact page last week.
Campaign against unpaid labour in architecture gathers pace
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