Covid-19 architecture
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about covid-19 architecture
Project • By Miguel Croce • Restaurants
OTB Burger Shop
Pouso Alegre is a city in the south of Minas Gerais that has grown rapidly in recent decades, becoming the center of its micro-region. In its urban fabric, two cultural moments coexist in contrast: a historic city with its quiet pace of the countryside with narrow streets, as a memory, and the contemporary growth with new shops, shopping centers and buildings, which points to the desire for an urban future.
Manuela Lourenço
OTB [O Tardo Burguer, “the so called burguer", pun in a local accent] is a delivery brand created during the pandemic. Initially in a temporary location, the distance to the most served neighborhoods soon arose as a problem. Therefore, the first reason for the project was mainly geographical: it needed... More
Project • By Cosimo Scotucci • Cultural Centres
WRAP
Humanity has been living through an unprecedented time in recent history, a moment of complete displacement when our everyday lives, and that sense of normality have been turned upside down, transitioning from being physical to virtual and by doing so, setting the ground for a "new normal".People has shown an incredible resilience and great sense of adaptation but we know that is not over yet.
Cosimo Scotucci
It is possible to combine the need of a physical world with the safety of the digital one? It is possible to imagine a space where this can happen?WRAP is an installation that aims to trigger people imagination, exploring new ways of interaction, searching for new way of engagement. It aims to go beyond the verbal communication,... More
Product • By PORCELANOSA • NOKEN - TOUCHLESS
NOKEN - TOUCHLESS
Besides hygiene as a preventive measure, avoiding touching items that may be contaminated is another safety barrier to protect ourselves and others. For this reason, we have created the contactless bathroom with touch-free solutions that avoid contact with hands. More
Project • By Dream & Real Architecture • Hospitals
Covid 19 Prefabricated Modular Hospital
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Quick Construction Process is planned. 3 x 12 m, 2,4 x 6 m, 3 x 7 m standard prefabricated container modules are used in this hospital design.
Project Team:
Buket DEMİREL (Architect, M. Arch)
Mustafa Sinan ÇORAK (Architect)
Halil İbrahim GÜL (Architectural Student)
Muhammet Furkan ÖNÜRME (Interior Architect)
Sertan Demirdağ ( Architect ) Cost Consultancy More
News • News • 22 Sep 2020
Garage conversions by Ballard+Mensua and Teass Warren provide creative response to today’s work challenges
The Covid-19 pandemic has turned office-based work culture on its head. Between government mandated shutdowns and reduced ability to travel, companies have had to adapt to employees working from home. But the transition has often been far from smooth, with space requirements being a key correlate of productivity. With spouses, home schooling, and often cramped living quarters, a growing trend has emerged in converting garages into home offices.
Garage Conversion by Ballard+Mensua. Photo credit: Stacy Zarin Goldberg
DC-based architecture firm Ballard+Mensua specialize in interior design and construction management and recently completed two such conversions for local homeowners. Garden designer Kathryn Everett hir... More
News • News • 22 Sep 2020
HVAC specialists work with London’s famed sketch restaurant to implement a ground breaking system for indoor air purification
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the restaurant and hospitality industry particularly hard. Although the science is not yet settled on exactly how the virus spreads; close, indoor contact is a known risk for transmission, and government and health mandates across the globe have called for an overhaul of operational protocols in restaurants and bars in order to minimize contact between staff and guests. But humans are fallible, and protocols are only as strong as their enforcement. The core concern, that the virus is transmitted through the air, calls for a more technological solution, and to that end London’s sketch restaurant has partnered with HVAC specialists Klima-Therm to come up with what they deem a ‘ground... More
News • News • 20 Sep 2020
New opportunities to experience the world's greatest architecture arise in the era of COVID-19
In response to the Covid 19 pandemic resulting in museums, cultural sites, and tourist destinations shuttered to visitors for the foreseeable future, the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy has come up with an innovative solution. The foundation recently launched a social media initiative offering virtual tours of a dozen of the architect's best known sites, including Fallingwater, Taliesin West, and Unity Temple. The project was conceived and mounted in collaboration with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation, and features weekly online streamed virtual tours conducted by gallery and site directors acting as tour guides. The initiative is indicative of a growing trend toward virt... More