Working with Ariadne Labs and Mount Sinai Hospital, the architecture firm has released a free online guide for rapidly redesigning hospitals to protect health-care workers during the pandemic.
Though most construction has ceased in response to COVID-19, architects hired for city projects were stunned to get orders last week to stop all ongoing design work.
The online exhibition, which opened May 14, takes the transdisciplinary nature of architecture to the next level. Watch our video interview with Oxman below.
Following the closure of the High Line and playgrounds in New York City, James Corner Field Operations and Weiss/Manfredi spoke with RECORD about the pandemic's implications for the public realm. Update: The High Line will reopen on July 16, 2020.
Though most architecture offices and university design studios have closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, some are using their 3-D printers to fabricate critically needed protective equipment for healthcare workers.
The Army Corps of Engineers will construct four temporary hospitals in the southern part of the state. The Javits Center in Manhattan will also host four 250-bed FEMA field hospitals.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday that the Manhattan convention center, designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, will likely become a 1,000-bed medical facility.
