In August 2020, Paul Lewis, Guy Nordenson, David J. Lewis, and Marc Tsurumaki published online in Issuu The Manual of Physical Distancing.¹1 Paul Lewis, Guy Nordenson, David J. Lewis, and Marc Tsurumaki, Manual of Physical Distancing by LTL Architects (Issuu, August 10, 2021), https://issuu.com/djlewis72/docs/200622_manualphysicaldistancing_draft. In it, they and their team compiled a set of their own graphic interpretations of the latest scientific research on COVID-19 that translated the dense science into a more understandable, nuanced, and spatialized form using architectural drawing conventions. The drawings employ line weights, dimensions, color, plans, elevations, and axonometric views to spaces ranging in scale from the classroom to the urban block. The main authors of The Manual are all university professors; three of the four are also the principals of LTL Architects; the fourth, a structural engineer and principal of Guy Nordenson and Associates. The work bridged their different roles as researchers in the university and practitioners running an office. In the following, Sara Stevens and Joy Knoblauch interview Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, and David J. Lewis about how The Manual came to be, what influenced their work in it, and how they imagined it would influence public discourse around COVID-19, and the role architects can play in a public health crisis.

2020 年 8 月，Paul Lewis、Guy Nordenson、David J. Lewis 和 Marc Tsurumaki 在 Issuu The Manual of Physical Distancing 上在线发表。¹1 Paul Lewis、Guy Nordenson、David J. Lewis 和 Marc Tsurumaki，LTL Architects 的物理距离手册（Issuu，2021 年 8 月 10 日），https://issuu.com/djlewis72/docs/200622_manualphysicaldistancing_draft。在其中，他们和他们的团队编写了一组他们自己对 COVID-19 最新科学研究的图形解释，这些解释使用建筑绘图约定将密集的科学转化为更易于理解、细致入微和空间化的形式。这些图纸采用了线宽、尺寸、颜色、平面图、立面图和轴测图，以从教室到城市街区的各种规模的空间。手册的主要作者都是大学教授；四人中的三人也是LTL Architects的负责人；第四位，Guy Nordenson and Associates 的结构工程师和负责人。这项工作将他们作为大学研究人员和管理办公室的从业者的不同角色联系起来。在下文中，Sara Stevens 和 Joy Knoblauch 采访了 Paul Lewis、Marc Tsurumaki 和 David J. Lewis，讨论了《手册》是如何形成的，是什么影响了他们在其中的工作，以及他们认为它将如何影响围绕 COVID-19 的公众讨论，以及建筑师在公共卫生危机中可以发挥的作用。