The epidemic brought many changes and lessons learned at the city operations level, shaping the buildings and workplaces. As the world is slowly reopening, everyone adapts to the new realities and creates the new normal. The “new normal” would optimally be a system running along with shifted priorities. It is vital to create a new, more adaptive, secure, and livable system for the unknown future by questioning and rethinking its previous values.

Architects are redesigning buildings and facilities, while urban designers others are rethinking the city. The whole industry elaborates on how the profession can evolve, focus on future projects, and adaptable, sustainable, and resilient cities. They can transform buildings (for example, changing a hotel into a hospital), add new functions to buildings and spaces that are no longer used (apartments in empty shopping malls), and use modular design elements (temporary hospitals).

City – the built environment

It is necessary to use interdisciplinary approaches to bring new expertise and views to the practice to answer these urgent global issues more efficiently. Adaptive reuse approaches are becoming vital in our emergency responses, allowing for rapid action.

When we look to establish fast responding elements and structures, we are transforming existing underused buildings and spaces. The cities have to turn their streets into a people-friendly version, take care of the popular public spaces, and develop green areas and gardens to provide recreational possibilities for the citizens (with social distancing). 

Housing

While we are confined in our houses, we rethink our requirements and needs and reshape our homes. Own study corner and workplaces in the apartment, the green areas and gardens, exploitable rooftops, natural light, and ventilation, balconies, and terraces are highly appreciated.

Architecture is starting to create flexible interior elements and spaces.

Workplaces

As businesses begin to reopen and employees return to the office – we have to face the fact that there is no return to “normal.”

According to research by Gensler, only 12% of employees want to continue to work from home full-time after the easing of the lockdowns. The others want to go back to the office full-time or are looking for a balance between the two phases. The most important reason employees want to walk back to their workplace is socializing, connecting with colleagues, and building a community. Therefore, defining and effectively designing physical and virtual frameworks for workplaces (new office structures and work models) is more crucial than ever. The offices should check their structure and how they are offering services.

Role of Dashcoar – what can we offer you?

We coordinate and analyze of urban statistical and spatial data, including data visualization and dashboard design, to support decision-making processes for making livable and sustainable cities. We are consulting with construction, and architecture firms to help them apply the right innovative solutions in their daily progress by analyzing their generated DATA for a more efficient and satisfying work environment. We facilitate the building and strengthening of mutually beneficial relations between the municipal and the business sector. Use Big Data analysis to become a part of the digital transformation with us!

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