Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes converting buildings into hospitals, a public health artwork campaign and an Elon Musk donation.
BDP architect explains how ExCel centre was converted into coronavirus hospital
Converting convention centres into coronavirus hospitals is the most efficient way to increase intensive-care capacity, according to James Hepburn of architect BDP, which helped convert London's ExCel centre into the 4,000-bed NHS Nightingale (via Dezeen).
Elon Musk donates ventilators to New York hospitals
Founder of Tesla Elon Musk was thanked by the mayor of New York for "donating hundreds of ventilators" to the city. However journalists at Financial Times spotted that the machines in photos of the donation are actually just machines for treating sleep apnea (via FT Alphaville ? subscription needed). Museums documenting coronavirus pandemic as it happens
Institutions around the world are gathering surveys, photographs and interviews to help people study the current crisis in the future (via New York Times).
Opposite Office proposes converting Berlin's Brandenburg airport into superhospital
German studio Opposite Office has proposed creating a temporary Covid-19 superhospital inside Berlin's unfinished Brandenburg airport during the coronavirus pandemic (via Dezeen).
Amplifier launches campaign to create public health artworks
Design lab for grass roots movement Amplifier has started an emergency c...