While the risk of COVID-19 is increasing everywhere in the world, the stable situation in Wuhan allowed officials to stop operations in the newly settled temporary hospitals to fight the Coronavirus outbreak.
COVID-19: The Latest Architecture and News
Wuhan's Temporary Hospitals Close as Risk of Coronavirus Decreases
https://www.archdaily.com/935781/wuhans-temporary-hospitals-close-as-risk-of-coronavirus-decreasesChristele Harrouk
Italian Architect Vittorio Gregotti Dies of Coronavirus at 92
Vittorio Gregotti, Italian architect, co-responsible for the design of 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics stadium and the 1990 Football World Cup Marassi stadium has died of pneumonia on Sunday 15 March 2020, after catching the coronavirus. Gregotti was being hospitalized with his wife Mariana Mazza in Milan.
https://www.archdaily.com/935676/italian-architect-vittorio-gregotti-dies-of-coronavirus-at-92Christele Harrouk
Architecture Measures it All: Why the Venice Biennale Should not be Postponed
Last week the Venice Architecture Biennale announced it would postpone its opening to August 29 of this year, while maintaining the original closure date of November 29. The duration of the Biennale will thus be reduced to three months. The reason for this intervention is clear to everyone: the Covid-19 epidemic, which has threatened the usual intense preparations for the Biennale, and which, since the decision was announced, has exacerbated to a national state of emergency. The announcement of the decision reads as a lesson in common sense.
https://www.archdaily.com/935394/architecture-measures-it-all-why-the-venice-biennale-should-not-be-postponedOle Bouman
Is Coronavirus the Beginning of the End of Offices?
Over the last three months, Coronavirus has spread to more than 100 countries and claimed more than 3,800 lives (as of 8th March 2020). It has also plunged many global industries into a paralysis, from canceled flights and mass quarantines to disruptions in supply chains and financial markets. Setting aside the serious health implications of the outbreak, the coronavirus epidemic has, in an unorthodox way, amplified a debate over the future of work. With millions of people around the world working from home as a result of the outbreak, whether through quarantine or as a company precaution, the question is being asked by outlets around the world: are we seeing the beginning of the end of the traditional office typology?
https://www.archdaily.com/935197/is-coronavirus-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-officesNiall Patrick Walsh
Venice Biennale 2020 Launch Postponed to August
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Venice Biennale 2020, curated by Hashim Sarkis, has been postponed and will be held from August 29th through November 29th, as announced on the event's official website.
https://www.archdaily.com/934952/venice-biennale-launch-postponed-to-augustMaria Erman
China Completes Hospital in 10 Days to Fight Coronavirus
China's Wuhan City has completed construction of the 1,000-bed Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital in under ten days. Built to treat coronavirus patients, the hospital aims to build off the previous construction of Beijing Xiaotangshan Hospital in just a week's time back in 2003. The final project was finished by a 7,000-member crew, and the hospital received its first patients on Monday morning.
https://www.archdaily.com/933080/china-completes-hospital-in-10-days-to-fight-wuhans-coronavirusEric Baldwin
How Cities and Architecture Respond to the Coronavirus
Does the Coronavirus concern us? Yes, it does. Beyond the rush for health cures, cities are seen to react by using both architecture and urban strategic planning as tools for the virus’ containment, shattering our notions of city and resilience planning.
https://www.archdaily.com/932840/how-cities-and-architecture-respond-to-the-wuhan-coronavirusZaheer Allam
China is Building a Hospital in 6 Days to Fight Coronavirus
The government of Wuhan City in China has decided to build a 1,000 bed hospital in six days to fight the recent coronavirus outbreak. The project aims builds off the previous construction of Beijing Xiaotangshan Hospital in just a week's time back in 2003. As the quarantined Wuhan City's existing hospitals are overwhelmed, they have turned to social media for medical supplies and have begun to turn away patients.
https://www.archdaily.com/932532/china-is-building-a-hospital-in-6-days-to-fight-wuhans-coronavirusEric Baldwin
