LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Hong Kong Institute of Architects – HKIA

HKIA has organised a webinar series:

• HKIA 1st Webinar – Healthy Building Immune System
• HKIA 2nd Webinar – Healthy Building Healthy City
• HKIA 3rd Webinar – Healthy Buildings versus Epidemic

Relief and supportive actions undertaken by HKIA include the following measures…

Architectural Association of Kenya

• The Architectural Association of Kenya launched the AAK COVID-19 Response Team: a multi-disciplinary collaborative technical advisory committee to deal with the ongoing crisis
• Proposed guidelines for the safe re-opening of schools post COVID 19
• Document on Standards for Management of Construction Sites and Welfare of Workers
• AAK weekly webinars on issues relevant to the profession
• Call to action: involvement in implementing immediate response programmes across informal settlements to prevent the spread of the pandemic
• COVID-19 Built Environment Industry Impact Assessment Survey to collectively understand and navigate key areas of impact from COVID-19 on the larger built environment industry in Kenya and further take action towards mitigating the negative effects as well as identifying opportunities for the sector
• Published ‘Proposed Guidelines on Planning and Design of Covid-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centres and Long-term Infrastructural Interventions for the Kenyan Context.’

Royal Institute of British Architects – RIBA

• RIBA conducted its third coronavirus survey asking architects to share their experiences on the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on them as professionals, on their practices and projects.
• Collated a range of resources to promote the mental well-being of its members; including practical guidance and support as well as articles and projects which investigate and discuss the link between good design and mental health and wellbeing.
• RIBA COVID-19 Digest with links to RIBA’s publications on and around the COVID-19 crisis.
• Task force to provide 3D printing of PPE and ventilator components 
• Practical advice on remote working
• RIBA COVID-19 checklist for architects
• Information on financial aid packages available to UK architects 
• Policy initiatives 

Colegio de Arquitectos de Costa Rica

• Guide for the implementation of post-COVID-19 preventative measures in the construction sector, for works of less than 400 metres squared.
• Health reference protocol for engineering and architecture offices before the COVID-19
• Reactivation and Continuity of Sectors during the State of National Emergency by COVID-19 – MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND HUMAN ASSEMBLIES
• 2020 – GC Manifesto Urgent need for infrastructure works

The Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners

The Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners have published a report of the national survey analysing the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the architecture and town planning professions in Pakistan.

Survey Report 2020