A review on architectural guidelines to safely reopen buildings in light of COVID-19 in the United States: establishing future research opportunities

Taheri, Helia; Rider, Traci Rose

doi:10.1080/00038628.2022.2038538

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“…As described in the introduction, due to the two leading modes of transmission of the virus, most state-of-the-art measures for addressing COVID in buildings focuses on indoor air quality and HVAC management. Nevertheless, although ventilation control operations represent an effective strategy, COVID prevention would benefit if complemented by other interventions for pursuing a healthy indoor environment through a multidisciplinary approach [6,8,15,17]. The disruptive changes the pandemic has brought to our everyday patterns introduced new concepts and rules to daily habits, especially in common spaces [7,25].…”

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“…Due to the indoor prevalent airborne transmission [5,10,13], many of the adaptive measures in buildings focused on air quality and HVAC improvements [9,14,15], and the most significant updates in design requirements have been an increase in natural ventilation and air-change rates in crowded or communal rooms [16]. However, other than engineering control, less-analyzed transmission pathways, such as fomites, should also be considered and addressed to reduce the virus spreading [4], as a single strategy or implementation might not be enough to reduce the exposure to the virus [17]. Such investigation would require a multidisciplinary approach [6], fostering systemic studies on the COVID-19 response in the built environment [8].…”

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Improving the Effectiveness of Anti-COVID Measures in Buildings: Learning from Users’ Perception

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The COVID-19 spread abruptly changed the fruition of indoor environments, where necessary adaptive measures have since been implemented. Buildings open to the public were suddenly equipped with physical devices aiming to encourage users’ appropriate behaviors, such as hand sanitizing, social distancing, and temperature monitoring. Through a twofold architectural-psychological perspective, the paper presents a research aiming to understand how users perceive these devices in the Italian context and to identify the design features that could improve their effectiveness in enhancing individuals’ awareness. With an interdisciplinary approach, four methods were adopted: observational field surveys, background and normative framework analysis, survey research through an online questionnaire, and case studies survey research. The results confirm the overall effectiveness of the implemented anti-COVID strategies, their suitability in encouraging individuals’ appropriate behaviors, and the importance of regulating the users’ flow indoors. The research allowed defining the devices (hand-sanitizing devices and temperature-measurement instruments) and wayfinding systems more suited to be included in the prevention strategy and identified their more appropriate design features in relation to the users’ feedback. Operational suggestions are presented as well. The adopted experimental approach can be useful in supporting decision making in managing of the built environment in both the current and future contexts.

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Indoor Air Quality in Apulian School Buildings: The Case of the J. F. Kennedy Pre-school in Bari

Crespino,

Maria Campagna,

Carlucci

et al. 2024

Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

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Covid-19 Salgını Bağlamında Yapılı Çevreyi Yeniden Düşünmek: Eleştirel Bir İnceleme

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Mısırlısoy²

2023

MBUD

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The built environment should be re-evaluated in the context of Covid-19 pandemic for preventing the spread of the virus. The study aims to reveal the issues that arise in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic at different scales of the built environment, from urban to interior scale and also to emphasize the importance of designing a sustainable environment by considering the lessons learned. The study highlights the significance of designing a sustainable environment by incorporating lessons learned from the pandemic experience. By investigating and highlighting these issues, the research aims to provide recommendations that can guide future efforts towards creating resilient and adaptive built environments. The method of the study is based on the critical review of the published studies on the issue between April 2020-April 2022 and observations on user experiences. The findings of the study highlight the necessity of further questioning the built environment in light of possible pandemics.

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A review on architectural guidelines to safely reopen buildings in light of COVID-19 in the United States: establishing future research opportunities

Cited by 4 publications

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Improving the Effectiveness of Anti-COVID Measures in Buildings: Learning from Users’ Perception

Improving the Effectiveness of Anti-COVID Measures in Buildings: Learning from Users’ Perception

Indoor Air Quality in Apulian School Buildings: The Case of the J. F. Kennedy Pre-school in Bari

Covid-19 Salgını Bağlamında Yapılı Çevreyi Yeniden Düşünmek: Eleştirel Bir İnceleme

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