Effects of anxiety on train travelling behaviour during and after Covid-19

Covid-19 has had a major impact on mobility and especially on public transportation. In the Netherlands, the impact on public transport usage reduced up to 90% per day during the Covid-19 crisis compared to 2019. In June 2021, when travelling by public transport was allowed again, the usage was only half compared to a similar weekday in 2019. To...

Station Crowd Redistribution and Pandemic Resilience: Access and Egress-Based Solutions to Station Crowding

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact on public transportation. With ridership figures decreasing, it has brought a new sense of urgency to the old problem of crowding. Using a structured design approach, this paper presents the results of a project which set out to reduce crowding in Dutch train stations by<br/>absorbing it at the...

Public Mourning: Materiality and prospects during restrictions caused by pandemics

This article takes the perspective of the materiality of mourning to research and discuss the development of mourning and the restrictions on the methods of mourning during the COVID-19 period as well as some possible approaches to address them. Through a definitional and historical approach, this article argues that the materiality of mourning...

A typological analysis of temporary medical structures before and during the Covid-19 pandemic: How can design help us to deal with situations of crisis and emergency?

In situations of crisis, regular hospitals often do not longer suffice the high demand for medical care. In this case, temporary medical structures become indispensable. The Covid 19 pandemic brought to the fore architectural challenges such as the spatial reorganization of healthcare facilities for high occupancy levels, the issue of infection...

Towards a Sociable Work Environment: Analysis of the evolution of office building infrastructures in Belgium and the influence of work organizational strategies on the comfort of workers

In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic forced an important part of the population to stay home and to experience the telework. This context of major crisis was an opportunity for utopists and idealists to speculate about the future of the general organization of our civilization. On June 9th 2020, the New York Times wrote “What If Working From Home Goes...