jailcd2021003: A Review of Architecture Response to the Pandemic towards New Normal Behavior

Abstract

Covid-19 pandemic has impacted almost all sectors in the world. This crisis encourages us to be part in finding solutions from the various problems that arise because of the pandemic. This paper aims to have a review on the history of the world pandemic and relating its impact on the architectural developments in time. Critical analyses are conducted to find the correlation between the architecture style and the world biggest pandemics during the human history based on literature studies. First, about twenty listed pandemics are classified into three period terms based on number of infections and its impact to global society. As a result, the period of the first pandemic is predicted to have influenced the development of architecture and cities in Rome and Mediterranean. Then, the second pandemic period is believed to have an impact on the development of cities in the Middle Ages Century to the Renaissance. While the third pandemic period is predicted to have had an impact on the development of Western Architecture and early modernization in Asia. Finally, recently, the humanity is facing a major pandemic until today after several flu pandemics in the early 19th Century. A survey and feedback responses from citizen, both on a building and urban scale will be discussed in this paper as lessons and considerations for predicting the future possibilities and policies.