Perkins and Will-led team develops COVID-19 mobile testing labs for under-served populations
In response to the urgent need for more widespread and rapid COVID-19 testing, Perkins and Will's New York studio — along with its Denmark studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, and in partnership with multi-disciplinary design group Arup— has designed a plan to retrofit out-of-use school buses into mobile testing labs. As insufficient testing remains a high concern for health professionals, lower-income, under-served, and homeless populations around the world have been significantly impacted by the pandemic and face disproportionate barriers to treatment and testing. The project team for this new initiative believes mobile testing labs will help tackle the existing inequities for these communities. "While no one is immune to the COVID-19 virus, testing and treatment is not a level playing field. It is the under-served communities, including lower-income and homeless populations, that need our urgent help at this time," said Mariana Giraldo, architect and strategic planning speci...
In response to the urgent need for more widespread and rapid COVID-19 testing, Perkins and Will's New York studio — along with its Denmark studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, and in partnership with multi-disciplinary design group Arup— has designed a plan to retrofit out-of-use school buses into mobile testing labs.
As insufficient testing remains a high concern for health professionals, lower-income, under-served, and homeless populations around the world have been significantly impacted by the pandemic and face disproportionate barriers to treatment and testing. The project team for this new initiative believes mobile testing labs will help tackle the existing inequities for these communities.
"While no one is immune to the COVID-19 virus, testing and treatment is not a level playing field. It is the under-served communities, including lower-income and homeless populations, that need our urgent help at this time," said Mariana Giraldo, architect and strategic planning speci...
