Rethinking the Built Environment in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic: A Critical Review

Year 2023, , 315 - 325, 31.07.2023

Kağan Günçe , Damla Mısırlısoy

https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1295082

Abstract

The built environment should be re-evaluated in the context of Covid-19 pandemic for preventing the spread of the virus. The study aims to reveal the issues that arise in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic at different scales of the built environment, from urban to interior scale and also to emphasize the importance of designing a sustainable environment by considering the lessons learned. The study highlights the significance of designing a sustainable environment by incorporating lessons learned from the pandemic experience. By investigating and highlighting these issues, the research aims to provide recommendations that can guide future efforts towards creating resilient and adaptive built environments. The method of the study is based on the critical review of the published studies on the issue between April 2020-April 2022 and observations on user experiences. The findings of the study highlight the necessity of further questioning the built environment in light of possible pandemics.

Keywords

Covid-19, pandemic, built environment, design strategies, urban-architecture-interior scale

Thanks

The article complies with national and international research and publication ethics. Ethics Committee approval was not required for the study.

Covid-19 Salgını Bağlamında Yapılı Çevreyi Yeniden Düşünmek: Eleştirel Bir İnceleme

Abstract

Yapılı çevre, kullanıcıların potansiyel olarak enfekte olma durumları göz önünde bulundurularak Covid-19 pandemisi bağlamında yeniden değerlendirilmelidir. Pandemi veya bulaşıcı hastalıkların her an tekrar etmesi olasılığı öngörülerek yapılı çevrelerin yeniden düşünülmesi kaçınılmazdır. Bu çalışma, Covid-19 pandemisi bağlamında yapılı çevrelerdeki sorunları ortaya koymayı ve çıkarılan dersleri dikkate alarak sağlıklı ve sürdürülebilir bir çevre tasarlamanın önemini vurgulamayı, aynı zamanda pandemi sonrası dönem için ortaya konan konulara gelecek için öneriler geliştirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışma, pandemi deneyiminden öğrenilen dersleri ışığında sürdürülebilir bir çevre tasarlamanın önemini vurgularken, dayanıklı ve uyarlanabilir yapılı çevreler oluşturmaya yönelik gelecekteki çabalara rehberlik edebilecek öneriler sunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmanın yöntemi, Nisan 2020 ile Nisan 2022 tarihleri arasında bahsi edilen konuyla ilgili yayınlanmış çalışmaların eleştirel incelemesine dayandırılmıştır. Çalışmanın bulguları, mevcut ve olası pandemilere karşı yapılı çevre tasarımlarının, belirtilen farklı boyutlarla, daha fazla sorgulanması gerekliliği vurgulamaktadır. Ayrıca çalışmada, Covid-19 pandemisinden dersler çıkararak olası ihtiyaçlara göre tasarım stratejileri ile ilgili öneriler sunulmaktadır.

Keywords

Covid-19, salgın, yapılı çevre, tasarım stratejileri, kentsal-mimari-iç mimari ölçek

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