Architectural Factors for Infection and Disease Control

Description

This edited collection explores disease transmission and the ways that the designed environment has promoted or limited its spread. It discusses the many design factors that can be used for infection and disease control through lenses of history, public health, building technology, design, and education. This book calls on designers to consider the role of the built environment as the primary source of bacterial, viral, and fungal transfers through fomites, ventilation systems, and overcrowding and spatial organization. Through 19 original contributions, it provides an array of perspectives to understand how the designed environment may offer a reprieve from disease. The authors build a historical foundation of infection and disease, using examples ranging from lazarettos to leprosy centers to show how the ability to control infection and disease has long been a concern for humanity. The book goes on to discuss disease propagation, putting forth a variety of ideas to control the transmission of pathogens, including environmental design strategies, pedestrian dynamics, and open space. Its final chapters serve as a prospective way forward, focusing on COVID-19 and the built environment in a post-pandemic world. Written for students and academics of architecture, design, and urban planning, this book ignites creative action on the ways to design our built environment differently and more holistically. Please note that research on COVID-19 has exponentially grown since this volume was written in October 2020. References cited reflect the evolving nature of research studies at that time. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of Figures List of Charts and Tables Contributor Biographies Preface 1 Infection and Disease Transmission: Pandemics, Epidemics, and Outbreaks 2 Isolation, Quarantine, Infection Control: Architecture and Planning in Service to Public Health 3 The Social Construction of Airborne Infections 4 Distancing and Colonial Design: Segregated Asylums to Control Leprosy in Suriname 5 Pine Forest and Sunlight: Alvar Aalto’s Paimio Sanitorium 6 Legionnaires’ Disease and Water Systems: History and Prevention 7 Infection Control Through Environmental Design 8 Infection Risk Mitigation Using Pedestrian Dynamics 9 Green Infrastructure for Mosquito Control 10 Emergency Department Design in Response to Pandemics: A Systematic Literature Review 11 Environmental Role of Open Space in Infection and Disease Control 12 Viral and Bacterial Infection Prevention Through Intentional Design 13 Disease Control Within High-Traffic Areas: A Series of Mini-Case Studies 14 Retail Design in a Post-Pandemic World 15 Future Teaching Design for Pandemic Response 16 Architecture Without Prelates, Magistrates, and Admirals: The R3build Pavilion 17 Open Learning Spaces: Redefining School Design in a Post-Pandemic World 18 Toward Culturally Enriched Communities – COVID-19 Implications 19 Mobile Testing Facilities Inspired by Origami Science Index