Coronavirus
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about coronavirus
Project • By Salon Alper Derinbogaz • Offices
Ecotone
Ecotone occupies a transitional space between education and industry, forming part of the Yıldız Teknopark campus of Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul. Located between two buildings, the textile academy and a teaching block, its programme encompasses education, flexible co-working space, and meeting areas. The hybrid space is part of a campus designed with the intention to spark innovation and the development of new technologies.
The building aims to achieve, through a simple structure, a new fundamental relationship between roof and slab. Echoing Laugier’s Primitive Hut, the design composes a simple column arrangement with roof placed on top, whilst considering its location in a high wind and earthquake risk zone. As t... More
Project • By heinlewischer • Hospitals
Corona Treatment Centre
We are currently experiencing a global crisis that affects almost all areas of public life and has pushed many health systems worldwide to their limit. In Berlin, the decision was made to build a corona treatment centre on the Berlin Trade Fair (Messe Berlin) in order to reduce bottlenecks in the provision of clinical care. In a matter of weeks, a reserve hospital with almost 500 beds was built in one of the exhibition halls, which creates additional capacity should the number of infections increase again.
The layout of the treatment centre is based on modular clusters with 16-24 beds and a central service zone. The structure of the clusters is adjustable depending on the intensity of care. The advantage of the cluster system, in add... More
Project • By Gonzalo Guzman • Care Homes
Covid emergency module
The main idea was to design a very simple emergency module that could be easily transported and easily built. The dimension would permit to stack many modules and carry them in any truck and each one contains two sanitary units divided by a rigid panel that allows the placement of any required equipment.
These emergency modules can be adapted to any situation and any place, and the idea is they can be used indoor and outdoor.
The interior design is only a free plan so it can be adapted to any situation. More
Project • By Plastique Fantastique • Hospitals
MOBILE PPS (Personal Protective Space) for Doctors
Fighting against COVID-19, doctors might be exposed to the infection when masks and protection suits are in shortage. The Mobile PPS is a pneumatic space where doctors can treat patients in transparent protective space. It has constant positive air pressure, which means, the air flows only toward outside of the space, not letting the virus coming inside. The clean air supply is guaranteed by a ventilator located outside or in an extra decontaminated space.
AIR LOCK area keeps the air pressure and prepares doctors with disinfection procedures.Material: White TPU
In the CARE UNIT, doctors can treat the patients according to their health condition.-Including the medical machines inside the PPS-Attaching arm gloves on the surface of the PPS-S... More