The Lockdown

My first newsletter during the lockdown was March 18th. Unsure of our return to the office and normalcy, I curated six movies to watch about the environment. We still do not know when we might return, and by most indications whenever that return might come ensure, it will not be a return to “normal” as we knew it.

This week I bring you a few speculations on what the workplace might be like upon return. How do we design and equip our buildings to better adjust to new guidelines about social separation and requests about touchless experiences? The more this pandemic demonstrates the link between human and planetary health, does it encourage policy shifts, be it design or elsewhere? In addition, the World Economic Forum has produced a strategic intelligence dashboard which displays how and what industries COVID 19 is effecting. I found it interesting and fun to play with, take a look.

What I’m reading:

COVID-19 is showing us the link between human and planetary health, World Economic Forum

Our offices will never be the same after COVID-19. Here’s what they could look like, Fast Company

The Health Window, EEBA

Buildings have their own microbiomes – we’re striving to make them healthy places, The Conversation

The Problem with Net-Zero Buildings (and the Case for Net-Zero Neighborhoods), Building Green

Getting to Zero Energy Housing, Archinect