| id |
ascaad2021_024 |
| authors |
Mekawy, Mohammed; Mostafa Gabr |
| year |
2021 |
| title |
Against a Workplace Contagion: A Digital Approach to Support Hygiene-Conscious Office Space Planning |
| source |
Abdelmohsen, S, El-Khouly, T, Mallasi, Z and Bennadji, A (eds.), Architecture in the Age of Disruptive Technologies: Transformations and Challenges [9th ASCAAD Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-907349-20-1] Cairo (Egypt) [Virtual Conference] 2-4 March 2021, pp. 167-176 |
| summary |
In today’s corporate world, open-plan offices are supposed to enhance the communication and the flow of ideas among workers; however, they have also proven to facilitate the spread of infectious diseases. One approach to solve this problem is adopting spatial planning measures that reduce the risk of infection transmission. This research presents a Multi-Objective Optimization approach to integrate spatial planning measures in open-plan office environments in order to lower the risk of a workplace contagion. These measures were gathered, formalized, parameterized, and coded and integrated into a digital tool. The tool was able to automate the generation and optimization of spatial solutions based on the integrated criteria. The resulting solution space could be easily navigated and filtered to obtain one or more optimum, hygiene-conscious layouts for further development. |
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