Background

Sustainable design strategies are targeted at finding architectural solutions that reassure the well-being and coexistence of inorganic features, living organisms, and humans that make up the ecosystem. The emergence of the novel coronavirus, an increase in microbial resistance, and lack of a vaccine for the present pandemic have made it imperative to appraise the preventive strategies employed during the pre-antibiotic period. Sustainable architecture for children's hospital design and childcare facilities, apart from low energy and carbon emission, must integrate design strategies to confront the impact of infectious diseases.

Aim

The aim of the paper is to identify how the space patients and health-care workers0 occupy can be made safer from an architectural design perspective with the view of developing guidelines for policymakers and highlighting the architect’s role in combating the pandemic.

Objectives

The objectives include; to examine the evolution of medical architecture and the nexus between infectious diseases and architectural space and suggest a design approach that enhances infection prevention and control (IPC).

Method

The paper relied on existing literature, interviews, and interactions with healthcare workers.

Results/Conclusion

The findings showed that design strategies have always played a significant role in infection prevention and control (IPC) and could as well be a panacea for curbing the spread of Covid -19.

中文翻译：

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卫生保健设施中感染预防和控制 (IPC) 的建筑设计策略：遏制 Covid-19 的传播

背景

可持续设计策略旨在寻找能够确保构成生态系统的无机特征、生物体和人类的福祉和共存的建筑解决方案。新型冠状病毒的出现、微生物耐药性的增加以及当前大流行的疫苗缺乏，使得评估在抗生素使用前所采用的预防策略势在必行。儿童医院设计和托儿设施的可持续建筑除了低能耗和低碳排放外，还必须整合设计策略以应对传染病的影响。

目标

该论文的目的是从建筑设计的角度确定如何使患者和医护人员0占用的空间更安全，以便为政策制定者制定指导方针并强调建筑师在抗击流行病中的作用。

目标

目标包括；检查医疗建筑的演变以及传染病与建筑空间之间的关系，并提出一种加强感染预防和控制 (IPC) 的设计方法。

方法

该论文依赖于现有的文献、访谈以及与医护人员的互动。

结果/结论

研究结果表明，设计策略在感染预防和控制 (IPC) 中一直发挥着重要作用，也可以成为遏制 Covid -19 传播的灵丹妙药。