A Software Concept for Assessing the Risk of Infection in Enclosed Spaces: Exemplified by the COVID-19 pandemic

Clemens Lindner, Christoph Langenhan, Frank Petzold, Wulf Schneider-Brachert, Thomas Holzmann, Anca Rath, Matthias Widbiller

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has immense impact on our daily life. Precautions like facemasks and social distancing restrict the economy as well as the social life. The aim of the bachelor project was to support architects by integrating health specifications into a software environment and automatically derive specific design support by analyzing architecture. This interdisciplinary project combined architectural and medical expertise to determine the risk of SARS-CoV-2-infection in enclosed spaces by a software approach on basis of parameters provided by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (Mainz, Germany) and the Association of German Engineers. Subsequently, calculated risks were evaluated by hygiene experts and summarized in a traffic light scheme, which is clearly intelligible and thus allows simple use. Furthermore, the software concept provides instructions for action for architects and specialists in the field of infection control and suggests architectural tools to minimize the risk of infection. The developed concept can be applied to an existing building and contribute to the planning of new buildings.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TiteleCAADe 2021 - Towards a New, ConfigurableArchitecture
Redakteure/-innenVesna Stojakovic, Bojan Tepavcevic
Herausgeber (Verlag)Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
Seiten21-30
Seitenumfang10
ISBN (Print)9789491207235
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2021
Veranstaltung39th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2021 - Novi Sad, Serbien
Dauer: 8 Sept. 202110 Sept. 2021

Publikationsreihe

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
Band2
ISSN (Print)2684-1843

Konferenz

Konferenz39th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2021
Land/GebietSerbien
OrtNovi Sad
Zeitraum8/09/2110/09/21

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