IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON APARTMENT DESIGN ADAPTABILITY, LAGOS, NIGERIA

Abstract

Adaptability characteristics of the apartment design is recognized as a main factor affecting the different social uses of apartment space in a variety of ways without making physical changes. Emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic is speculated to affect the interrelationship between the apartment users and social uses of apartment space. This study aimed to investigated the impact of post Covid-19 on apartments design adaptability of Lagos State Property Development Corporation (LSDPC) in Lagos, Nigeria. A survey methodology was adopted. The LSDPC largest estate (Abesan Estate) was purposively selected. The study relied on a sample frame of 4272 apartments from which 7.5% (320) of sample frame was used as sample size. Systematic random sampling of apartment was employed. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics; involving tables. The findings revealed that the level of effect of Quarantining, Self-Isolating, and Physical Distance on Adaptability Characteristics during Covid-19 pandemic was significant. Self-Isolation was the most significant direct effect on the Adaptability Characteristics, followed by Physical Distance and Quarantining. This implied that the design of the apartment needed to meet the dynamic nature of the users as well as a usage for planning purposes. The study affirms that the possibility of quick interchangeable use of space to perform different functions without making physical change should be a primary focus of future research.