How the Pandemic is Shifting Designer Focus to Healthcare
Learning Objectives:
- List two ways the global pandemic is affecting architecture firms
- Describe the team that was assembled to rapidly evaluate and design new beds for hospital sites.
- Explain two strategies of the Airborne Infection Isolation standard
- Discuss the long-term repercussions of the pandemic for the design of office space
Credits:
This course is approved as a Structured Course
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
Approved for structured learning
Approved for Core Learning
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA
Course may qualify for Learning Hours with NWTAA
Course eligible for OAA Learning Hours
This course is approved as a core course
This course can be self-reported for Learning Units to the Architectural Institute of British Columbia
This course is part of the Healthcare Academy
Below are a set of links to building type studies from Architectural Record, which are in-depth analyses of particular kinds of buildings, with photos, drawings, specifications, detailed descriptions, and design solutions. Click on each link below, read the article then complete the quiz to earn your credit and certificate of completion.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of everyone’s lives. For architects this may mean jumping in to create rapid designs to treat the sick or rethinking their in-progress designs to better account for occupant health.
How Is Coronavirus Affecting Architecture Firms?
Shifting travel policies have slowed progress for many U.S. architecture firms doing business globally.
Deane Madsen
Planned for a Pandemic: Rush University Medical Center Tower by Perkins and Will
Learn how this building, conceived after the 9/11 attacks and subsequent anthrax terrorism, is performing during the pandemic.
James S. Russell, FAIA
How to Deliver Thousands of COVID-19 Rooms in Weeks
This article describes how this rapid response team brainstormed creative solutions to a tough challenge.
James S. Russell, FAIA
Designers Weigh Strategies for COVID-19 Isolation Rooms
ASHRAE has published a COVID-19 guidance document offering various ways to manage air flow in airborne infection isolation treatment rooms.
Nadine M. Post
Pandemic Shifts Profession’s Focus to Health Care
In anticipation of the next pandemic, firms are making plans to adapt hospitals to better manage such an unpredictable contagion.
James S. Russell, FAIA
MASS Design Offers Guidance for Adapting Hospitals on the Fly
This non-profit was tasked with protecting health workers on the front lines as rooms and suites were drastically transformed.
James S. Russell, FAIA
Architects Advise Clients on Safely Reopening Offices
With enormous pressure to restart the economy and reopen businesses closed by the COVID-19 pandemic, architects are considering how best to help their clients.
James S. Russell, FAIA
photo ©️James Steinkamp
Perkins and Will designed the Robert R. McCormick Foundation Center for Advanced Emergency Response to handle an unexpected surge of patients.
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