Monday, July 19, 2021
IMPACTS AND TRANSFORMATION OF PUBLIC SPACES DUE TO PANDEMIC | Ritik Middya | Ishika Gupta | Kashish Reehal
IMPACTS AND TRANSFORMATION OF PUBLIC SPACES DUE TO PANDEMIC
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RITIK MIDDYA (1180100780)
ISHIKA GUPTA (1180100737)
KASHISH REEHAL (1180100745)
The biggest factor that keeps coming up today around COVID-19 and being able to create safe environments is density. When we think about the future of creating public spaces, it's really a matter of how many people are going to be able to be in those spaces at a time.
Historically, pandemics have tended to make some pretty major changes to the landscape of our urban settlements. The famous landscape architect Frederick Law was a big proponent of parks and he talked about parks being the lungs of the city.
public spaces connect neighbourhoods, but the new reality has prompted people to challenge the effect of these spaces on their health and well-being. From the forums, public baths, and amphitheaters of Rome to the courtyards of temple complexes in
Public spaces have been more important than ever before in terms of human protection as well as a place to connect people and offer physical, ethnic, and financial diversity. The aim of the revival of public spaces is to focus on a new innovative vision of the spaces by asking people who use and work in those spaces regarding the associated reuse-value and challenges.
The pandemic provided a unique circumstance for city-scale experiments regarding mobility, while immediate responses showed the transformative power of tactical urbanism. In many cities, the measures meant to ensure social distancing are to be kept in place post-pandemic, paving the path towards recovery with less traffic and more outdoor activities.
Caret Studio installs gridded social-distancing system inside Italian piazza
Italian practice Caret Studio has installed the StoDistante installation in an Italian square to encourage social distancing as a temporary solution for reactivating public spaces after Covid-19 lockdown ends.
The StoDistante installation features a 1.8-metre grid of squares painted onto the cobblestones of Piazza Giotto, a square in the town of Vicchio near Florence, Italy.
The markers act as visual representations of the social-distancing advice circulated by the Tuscan authorities to slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
Arranged in a gridded formation, the squares get larger the closer to the centre they are. This "gradient" style is designed to offer different perspectives and interactions within the piazza.
"The idea is to create a temporary infrastructure for a new social life, becoming an opportunity to reflect on the use of public spaces during these times." Many designers have been focusing their efforts towards creating concepts that would make life after lockdown safer.
Precht designs Parc de la Distance for outdoor social distancing
The park would have numerous routes divided by 90-centimetre-wide hedges to maintain a safe physical distance between its visitors. Arranging the paths in a finger print-shaped swirl pattern creates many routes that can be used simultaneously.
Each of the red-granite gravel paths through the park would be around 600 metres long and circulate visitors from the edge of the park to the centre, where fountains would be located, and back round. Gates on the entrances and exits to each of the routes, which would take around 20 minutes to walk, would indicate if a route is occupied.
"I see the origin of the design in French baroque gardens," said Precht. "A strong order of plants. Hedges that create geometrical shapes."
"But there is also an inspiration drawn in Japanese Zen-gardens. Circular movements. Raking of gravels that centre around corner stones," he continued.
Although Precht designed the park in response to the current coronavirus outbreak he believes that a social-distance park would be a beneficial environment for cities after the pandemic. Precht believes that following the pandemic people will appreciate outdoor spaces and seek escapism from the bustle of cities more than before.
DIGITAL REVIVAL | D Salmon | Murari kavya Chandana | P Imran
DIGITAL REVIVAL
Not
too long ago, working from home was a privilege for few, but when COVID-19 hit,
it suddenly became a necessity for everyone. As with anything in life , ’WORK
FROM HOME’ worked for some, and for
others, fuggedaboutit. The sudden shift caught many of us by surprise. Trying
to work productively became more than just having an office laptop and internet
connectivity. It represented more than carving out a place in the kitchen,
living room or bedroom. It became a fight for survival – for the future of your
work and education.
Home is The
New Office And The New Classroom
● In the aftermath of the pandemic, the
builder trade boomed. Homes were built – or retrofitted – with dedicated home
office spaces: routers in the right place, soundproofing, etc.
● Home became the place where we’re
empowered with networks and platforms to connect, create and accomplish –
become smarter and work smarter. It’s a place where we can self-isolate (and
concentrate) and still stay connected with the entire world.
● Apartments with separate state-of-the-art
home offices / classrooms will be the new normal.
Online
education in the post-COVID era
The
coronavirus pandemic has forced students and educators across all levels of
education to rapidly adapt to online learning. The impact of this — and the
developments required to make it work — could permanently change how education
is delivered. This situation challenged the education system across the world
and forced educators to shift to an online mode of teaching overnight.The
COVID-19 pandemic has forced the world to engage in the ubiquitous use of
virtual learning. And while online and distance learning has been used before
to maintain continuity in education, such as in the aftermath of earthquakes,
the scale of the current crisis is unprecedented. Speculation has now also
begun about what the lasting effects of this will be and what education may look
like in the post-COVID era. For some, an immediate retreat to the traditions of
the physical classroom is required. But for others, the forced shift to online
education is a moment of change and a time to reimagine how education could be
delivered.
Clear route for the next generation of adopters of online
education.
In response
to the COVID-19 pandemic, technological and administrative systems for
implementing online learning, and the infrastructure that supports its access
and delivery, had to adapt quickly. While access remains a significant issue
for many, extensive resources have been allocated and processes developed to
connect learners with course activities and materials, to facilitate
communication between instructors and students, and to manage the
administration of online learning. Paths for greater access and opportunities
to online education have now been forged, and there is a clear route for the
next generation of adopters of online education.
Online education will undoubtedly find new audiences.
Before the
pandemic, the primary purpose of distance and online education was providing
access to instruction for those otherwise unable to participate in a
traditional, place-based academic programme. As its purpose has shifted to
supporting continuity of instruction, its audience, as well as the wider
learning ecosystem, has changed. It will be interesting to see which aspects of
emergency remote teaching remain in the next generation of education, when the
threat of COVID-19 is no longer a factor. But online education will undoubtedly
find new audiences.
And the
flexibility and learning possibilities that have emerged from necessity are
likely to shift the expectations of students and educators, diminishing further
the line between classroom-based instruction and virtual learning.
Cheaper mode of education
It is
considered to be a relatively cheaper mode of education in terms of the lower
cost of transportation, accommodation, and the overall cost of
institution-based learning. Flexibility is another interesting aspect of online
learning; a learner can schedule or plan their time for completion of courses
available online. Combining face-to-face lectures with technology gives rise to
blended learning and flipped classrooms; this type of learning environment can
increase the learning potential of the students.Students can learn anytime and
anywhere, thereby developing new skills in the process leading to life-long
learning.
The severe
explosion of CoronaVirus disease can make us add one more argument in terms of
online learning, that is, online learning serves as a panacea in the time of
crisis.
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