Abstract
Background: Based on recent experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic, designers and design researchers are crafting guidelines for the development of future environments. In this context, this paper focuses on future best practices regarding environments for health, hospitality and senior care.Methods: An extensive literature review was conducted, the results of which were distributed to a group of experts (N=12) specializing in health, hospitality and design. After receiving their input, expert focus groups were conducted to further explore the proposed concepts. The document was revised based on the contributions of these field experts, resubmitted for additional input, and ultimately summarized in this paper.Results: Based on the literature review and expert input, dozens of recommendations were made regarding post-COVID health, hospitality and seniors environments. Healthcare facilities will require additional space, access to the outdoors, service hubs, and additional infrastructure to all conversion of garages for emergency use. Hospitality settings will employ new cleaning methods, use of robotics, improved HVAC, Wellness programming, workspace options, and flexible food service operations. Senior facilities will engage more technology, socially distance visiting facilities, increase access to nature, and smaller scale residential clusters.Discussion: By considering health and hospitality simultaneously, we come to understand the symbiotic benefits of applying goals from one sector to the other. Senior living environments are an excellent example of this approach in action. By implementing some of the proposed design recommendations generated by this research, we will be better prepared to face future challenges.
Highlights
Motivated by global experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic, designers have begun to generate guidelines to steer the development of future environments
COVID-19: Health and Hospitality Design crises in health and wellness as they represent the locations for treatment and restoration
The need for information regarding both research and best practice pushed us to cast the net beyond peer-reviewed journals
Summary
Motivated by global experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic, designers have begun to generate guidelines to steer the development of future environments. While some argue that we will eventually return to a world comparable to what we previously experienced, most believe our physical spaces should be transformed in anticipation of similar future crises (Honey-Rosés et al, 2020) While these changes impact all building typologies, some, such as education, work, and commercial transitioned quickly to online formats. The paper was not intended to be a typical systematic review as the timeframe for garnering publications was from January 2020 to June 2021 and the opportunity for researchers to analyze data and publish the results was limited. Based on recent experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic, designers and design researchers are crafting guidelines for the development of future environments In this context, this paper focuses on future best practices regarding environments for health, hospitality and senior care
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