ABSTRACT

The new preventative measures that have emerged from the Coronavirus crisis brought about changes in different aspects of daily life. Some of these changes may have a significant impact on how the built environment is being experienced. The current paper examines reconfigurations that happened in residential spaces and space allocations for transitioned activities in a small case study targeting a group of architecture students in Cyprus. Analysis and findings are structured in three sections, indoor activities, special organization, and quality of life. The result shows blurring boundaries between public and private activities. In terms of spatial configuration, in-between spaces such as balconies and openings become central in designing residential units. Moreover, the study finds that the successful transition of work, education, exercise, and remote social interactions into the housing unit is the best predictor of reported quality of life under quarantine. It is unclear which parts of newly emerged measures will last even beyond the end of the pandemic; however, developing new insights into COVID-19’s impacts on living environments can help to introduce design responses that improve quality of life by creating better residential environments in the post-pandemic world where the remoteness of many daily activities is becoming the norm.

摘要

从冠状病毒危机中出现的新的预防措施给日常生活的不同方面带来了变化。其中一些变化可能会对建筑环境的体验产生重大影响。目前的论文在一个针对塞浦路斯建筑系学生的小型案例研究中研究了住宅空间中发生的重新配置和过渡活动的空间分配。分析和发现分为三个部分，室内活动、特殊组织和生活质量。结果显示公共和私人活动之间的界限越来越模糊。在空间配置方面，阳台和开口等中间空间成为住宅单元设计的核心。此外，研究发现，工作、教育、锻炼、与居住单元的远程社交互动是报告的隔离生活质量的最佳预测指标。目前尚不清楚新出现的措施中的哪些部分将持续到大流行结束之后；但是，对 COVID-19 对生活环境的影响提出新的见解有助于引入设计响应，通过在大流行后世界创造更好的居住环境来提高生活质量，因为许多日常活动的偏远正在成为常态。