Covid and Architecture Archives - RTF | Rethinking The Future https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/category/covid-and-architecture/ Architecture Awards | Courses | Magazine Mon, 22 May 2023 12:55:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-rethinkingthefuture-favicon-1-32x32.jpg Covid and Architecture Archives - RTF | Rethinking The Future https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/category/covid-and-architecture/ 32 32 What are the positive effects of pandemic on Architecture https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/covid-and-architecture/a8683-what-are-the-positive-effects-of-pandemic-on-architecture/ Sat, 03 Dec 2022 11:03:52 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=384116 “PM Modi announces 21-day lockdown as COVID-19 toll touches 12” – The Hindu. “Post-pandemic recovery is uneven” – BT (Business Today) “The virus that shut down the world” – The UN News These are the articles we all have seen for the past two years. It has only been a couple of days since we [...]

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]]> Role of architecture in Carceral environments during a Pandemic https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/covid-and-architecture/a6847-role-of-architecture-in-carceral-environments-during-a-pandemic/ Sat, 07 May 2022 16:36:04 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=329432 Prison Architecture Prison facilities house hundreds of inmates in tiered blocks of single- and double-occupancy cells, some even five levels high. Some have practically no solid walls or floors between them and barred doors exposed to exterior walkways. These spaces share air with little or no ventilation. The eight have no windows completely, or the [...]

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]]> Redefining the Role of Urban and Green Spaces Amidst the Pandemic https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/covid-and-architecture/a5925-redefining-the-role-of-urban-and-green-spaces-amidst-the-pandemic/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 06:40:06 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=295979 Introduction Against the backdrop of the current pandemic landscape, a new concept of public spaces has emerged in the urban landscape of cities across the globe. An image that, despite being so rigorously imposed on the users of these public spaces, has left a question mark in the minds of many. The question is – [...]

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]]> How architecture can help Maintain Physical Distance in Market due to Pandemic https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/covid-and-architecture/a5711-how-architecture-can-help-maintain-physical-distance-in-market-due-to-pandemic/ Thu, 28 Oct 2021 06:23:15 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=284663 The urban realm of countless cities underwent sudden changes due to the pandemic and had severe ramifications. And at the heart of this were the marketplaces that proved to be crucial for continual and safe functioning. Markets are quintessentially public spaces that take numerous forms with response to context and needs. Majorly, they are dense [...]

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]]> Architecture of Cities: Bruges- The Commercial Metropolis of Europe https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/covid-and-architecture/a5590-architecture-of-cities-bruges-the-commercial-metropolis-of-europe/ Fri, 22 Oct 2021 12:48:40 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=281494 When one hears Belgium, what comes to mind? Certainly, waffles and chocolates. Bruges is no exception to that. Indeed, it’s got a lot more on its plate. Bruges was the commercial metropolis of Europe. It is the seventh-largest city in Belgium in terms of population. Bruges is one among the canal cities of the world, [...]

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]]> What does new pandemic oriented designs mean for sustainability? https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/covid-and-architecture/a4154-what-does-new-pandemic-oriented-designs-mean-for-sustainability/ Thu, 13 May 2021 08:56:13 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=236850 It is undeniable that the Corona [COVID-19] virus pandemic has brought the entire world to a standstill. Many of us are looking at ways to restart the economy by adapting to new methods and applying new techniques at work. We have also seen a recent surge in the use of Pandemic Oriented Design within the [...]

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]]> Architectural and design innovations to that emerged due to COVID–19 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/covid-and-architecture/a3458-architectural-and-design-innovations-to-that-emerged-due-to-covid-19/ Sun, 28 Feb 2021 09:30:29 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=213362 It’s been almost a year since we’ve been in this COVID-19 pandemic. Suddenly it has changed us a lot from social interaction to the way of our living. Pandemic will have a lasting effect on the architecture for a long period. Where everybody was busy keeping themselves safe during this situation, we designers were carrying [...]

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]]> Urban policies that can help fight pandemics https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/covid-and-architecture/a3385-urban-policies-that-can-help-fight-pandemics/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 06:57:08 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=210334 Certainly the “life after COVID-19” is going to be a “life with COVID-19”. Amid the significant influence of this pandemic by threatening people’s lives, their physical and mental wellbeing, and the country’s economic futures, all the countries are going through rigorous research to restructure the urban policies at global, regional, national and sub-national levels. As [...]

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]]> 10 Things we learned about our education system due to lock-down https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/covid-and-architecture/a3168-10-things-we-learned-about-our-education-system-due-to-lock-down/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:17:45 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=202693 Forever after the declaration of the global pandemic by the WHO on 11th march 2020, every corner of the world seems to have faced the scare of being quarantined and the panic that came along with it. Taking us all back to the stone-age cave-man, ‘the lockdown saga’ effectively tested different perspectives of human life-style. [...]

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]]> How are Millennials adapting the shift in architecture post-pandemic? https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/covid-and-architecture/a2990-how-are-millennials-adapting-the-shift-in-architecture-post-pandemic/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 07:55:47 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=197256 There is no denying that pandemics have long been causing suffering, trouble, and pain everywhere it spreads. Though utterly tragic, yet they have pushed the realm of architecture to evolve much more with every pandemic faced.  Starting with the Bubonic plague that escalated in the 14th Century, it leads to various progressive urban improvements, some [...]

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