Arkitektur og karantæne

I en tid, hvor rigtig mange tilbringer det meste af deres tid inden for hjemmets fire vægge, bliver det tydeligt at arkitekturen har en rolle at spille i forhold til sygdomme og epidemier. Hvordan vi bruger arkitekturen til at begrænse sygdomsudbredelse og til at skærme samfundets raske individer fra syge og smittebærere. Ikke altid uden menneskelige og psykologiske konsekvenser. 

David Garcia er lektor ved Institut for Bygningskunst og Teknologi, hvor han leder kandidatprogrammet 'Architecture and Extreme Environments', der beskæftiger sig med arkitektur under ekstreme forhold - og i forhold til sygdom og karantæne, blandt andet med de menneskelige konsekvenser det kan have, når arkitekturen bliver brugt som sygdomsværn. 

"Containment is an intricate aspect of architecture. In essence, the design of physical elements to keep some things in, and somethings out; wind, temperature, people, while inspiring in its artistic form. Therefore, it has always been an interest of mine how, albeit having to contain, architecture also liberates other functions to happen more freely and in focus, " siger David Garcia, "In my work with extremes, containment of diseases and pollution has been a recurring theme since 2009, from radiation studies in Chernobyl and Fukushima, to malaria in Brasil and Tanzania, exposed both in my MAP publications and in the master course in extreme environments which I lead.”

I fire videoer og en hel forelæsning fortæller David Garcia om forskellige aspekter i forhold til arkitektur og karantæne.

Architecture and Quarantine 01
How the history of epidemics transformed the ship into a containment unit, then into an island for isolation and how health and pandemics transformed how we designed cities and hospitals.

Architecture and Quarantine 02
How the fear of contamination from space, defined theBio Safety Levels that we use today.

Architecture and Quarantine 03
Personal projects on the psychological impact of isolation, vertical cow farms and quarantine libraries at sea.

Architecture and Quarantine 04
Health and fieldwork projects by studnets and fellow researchers, Malaria and mosquito nets.

Lecture: Architecture and Containment
Lecture on Architecture and Containment given at STRELKA LIVE 2020 - go to 1:32 to skip the introduction in Russian. 

Duration: 1:14:52