AIA updates pandemic re-occupancy design tools
As part of an effort to help guide the transition to "new lifestyle norms" in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has published a collection of tools that spell out strategies for re-occupying and retrofitting existing spaces. The tools, an ongoing COVID-19 response project developed by AIA as the pandemic has taken hold, are designed as "enhanced tools for reducing risk of COVID-19 transmission in buildings" set to be reoccupied as stay-at-home orders are gradually lifted. Previously on Archinect: "AIA publishes guide for re-occupying shuttered buildings post-quarantine." Image courtesy of Wikimedia user Larsinio.Building experts expect that many existing buildings, including offices, classrooms, shopping centers, and government facilities, will need to be temporarily retrofit for use that accommodates social distancing guidelines. These guides are aimed at helping inform those adaptations in a way that includes input from designers, arch...
As part of an effort to help guide the transition to "new lifestyle norms" in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has published a collection of tools that spell out strategies for re-occupying and retrofitting existing spaces.
The tools, an ongoing COVID-19 response project developed by AIA as the pandemic has taken hold, are designed as "enhanced tools for reducing risk of COVID-19 transmission in buildings" set to be reoccupied as stay-at-home orders are gradually lifted.
Building experts expect that many existing buildings, including offices, classrooms, shopping centers, and government facilities, will need to be temporarily retrofit for use that accommodates social distancing guidelines. These guides are aimed at helping inform those adaptations in a way that includes input from designers, arch...
