ARCHITECTURAL REPONSES TO RESPIRATORY INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Transportation systems have developed to such an extent that it is possible to travel anywhere in the world. Global mobility has enhanced exchange and communication, but the subsequent increase in random contact between strangers has exposed our cities to greater risk of infection. Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) is highly transmissible, even in mild and asymptomatic cases. This has raised extreme concern for communal and public places, such as hospitals, schools, and workplaces, and an increased need for new architectural devices that will stem the tide of infection. This report looks to historic respiratory infectious diseases and the responses to them, and to the present the architectural and urban planning responses devised in Korea and abroad to deal with COVID-19.
COVID-19 and the History of Respiratory Viruses
Even before COVID-19, the world experienced a number of other modern pandemics, such as the Spanish flu (1918), Asian Influenza (1957), and the Hong Kong flu (1968). At the time, the best-known responses were to close borders, collect data on the propagation of the virus, and
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