ADAPTING COMMON SPACES IN MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS DURING PANDEMICS

Abstract

The COVID-19 lockdown has hinted deficiencies in homes, which are usually related to the absence of outdoor spaces, mitigating confinement negative effects, mostly in those located at plurifamiliar buildings. Main objective on this research has been to propose different ways of adapting existing common outdoor spaces available in these buildings, to give them a semiprivate use during pandemics. Open space reuse improves the quality of life of the neighbors who live in them. Possible interactions that its use can produce has been studied, considering the percentage of the affected population, in case of Region of Murcia (Spain), attending the characteristics of the buildings are inhabited. Criteria to be taken into account in the design and implementation of the new outdoor spaces have been established, as well as the applicable sanitary measures for the use and enjoyment of the rest of the common spaces, trying to make a better compilation. This casuistry has made possible to project a series of adaptation proposals, taking into account economic viability, in order to be applicable not only at the geographical area under study, but also to the rest of the national territory, as well to other countries with similar urban and architectural characteristics.

Keywords: multi-family buildings, adaptation of outdoor spaces, sanitation of common spaces