Post pandemic apartments in Palestine

Abstract

Architectural designs showed failure during the spread of the (Covid 19) epidemic (Seo Eun Hwang, 2021). This became clear during the period of home confinement, which was used to prevent the spread of the epidemic. It was found that many buildings contributed to spread of infection among their residents and the decline in their immunity, and these failure became a reason for the deterioration of the mental, psychological and physical health of many residents of residential buildings. (Hyeon-Seung Lee, 2021) (Amerio, 2020). Residents were forced to stay for a long period, sometimes exceeding two months, in their apartments. Here a question arises: How do we make residential buildings more immune to the transmission of infectious diseases? How mechanisms could be used to improve the immune performance of a building, so it becomes less susceptible transmitting infectious diseases and healthier? How can the design of apartments be improved, and how the design could be linked to the effect of the ability of indoor greening to alleviate the pressures which resulting from the quarantine situation? This research attempt to develop procedures that improve residential apartments from both a health and psychological perspectives by designing a “Transformable living walls” and an attempt to develop a mechanism for isolation rooms. – Negative pressure room. Testing the system and its capabilities through the design builder simulation program. The research will also work on developing recommendations for a new design framework for the functional distribution of apartments in residential buildings by lessons learned from the experience of the Corona virus pandemic. The result is the design of a residential apartment that includes a negative pressure room - quarantine - and specifications that are more immune to the transmission of Contagious diseases. These recommendations are implemented by architects and building permit authorities in local authorities. Keyword: (Covid 19) epidemic, Post pandemic architecture, home confinement, pandemic architecture, new normal, apartment design, psychological and physical health, isolation room