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

Vietnâm Association of Architects – VAA/KTSVM

The Vietnam Association of Architects (VAA) organised an ideas competition for the design of makeshift hospitals. The competition aimed to promote architects’ creative ideas in the design of makeshift hospitals, able to cope with the complex evolutions of infectious diseases.

UIA Work Program Public Spaces (China branch)

Lu Andong, Committee member of the UIA Work Program Public Spaces (China branch), designed a project for the isolation ward of suspected cases of the Third People’s Hospital of Jiangdu District in Yangzhou.

UIA 江都新冠隔离病区排版

Urban Thinkers Campus: Architects’ response in reshaping cities that are resilient in pandemic situations

As part of the UN-Habitat World Urban Campaign, the UIA recently organised the latest global online Urban Thinkers Campus webinar, entitled: Architects’ response in reshaping our cities that are resilient to pandemic situations. Speakers included Ishtiaque Zahir Titas (Bangladesh) and Nathalie Mossin (Denmark), co-directors of the UIA Sustainable Development Goals Commission.

Federation of Institutes of Korean Architects – FIKA / KIA

FIKA, an organization co-operating with 3 individual institutions, has provided information from the Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention official website regarding national policy for COVID-19.

Ordre National des Architectes du Cameroun

The Ordre National des Architectes du Cameroun has presented a design by Architects Bertrand Meyanga for a COVID-19 health center with a 1000-bed capacity.

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