Coronavirus urban design Impact Advice, Architects COVID-19 Tips 2020, Guide
How COVID-19 changes design of cities"
4 June 2020
Impact COVID19 will have on the design of our cities
Rethinking design: Going viral ? how the coronavirus will affect urban design
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant big changes to the ways we interact with each other as a society. Now, with Australia slowly emerging from lockdowns and restrictions, we?re faced with the prospect of returning to normal again. But when it comes to architecture and urban design, what will normal mean" Can it really be business as usual"

?The pandemic for me personally has created the obvious concerns about health for my family, my co-workers and my friends,? says Chris Maher, Director and Urban Development Portfolio Leader at Hames Sharley. ?The deaths are awful, the personal loss and grief are not to be underestimated together with the economic hardships that will and are occurring. But at the same time architects are excited by the opportunity to be part of changes that may come out of this, because we are agents of change. We want to anticipate in our thinking new ways of designing healthy places and towns that work better during and after such events. The knowledge it?s given us is really important and can help us prepare, manage and hopefully prevent future pandemics.?
Before any changes in urban design can be addressed, however, one of the first concerns urban designers are going to have to respond...