This article draws out key implications for urban designers from the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly the relation between urban design and health. The entire world is facing the same acute health emergency of Covid-19 which is already impacting half of the global population, and as the majority of the world now inhabits urban settings, urban dwellers are the most affected. Urban Design already plays an important role in determining the health of urban populations but this relationship is often unclear, undervalued or ignored. The field of medicine is expanding to include all professionals who have an impact on the health of others, and this expanded field includes the urban design profession. After Covid-19, urban design ought to become a form of spatial medicine, whereby the design of built environments positively contributes and facilitates human and planetary health and wellbeing.

本文从 Covid-19 大流行中得出对城市设计师的重要启示，特别是城市设计与健康之间的关系. 整个世界都面临着与 Covid-19 同样严重的健康紧急情况，它已经影响到全球一半的人口，并且由于世界上大多数人现在居住在城市环境中，城市居民受到的影响最大。城市设计在决定城市人口健康方面已经发挥了重要作用，但这种关系往往不明确、被低估或被忽视。医学领域正在扩大，包括所有对他人健康有影响的专业人士，这个扩大的领域包括城市设计专业。在 Covid-19 之后，城市设计应该成为一种空间医学，建筑环境的设计可以为人类和地球的健康和福祉做出积极贡献和促进。