In the wake of the pandemic, designers and architects are rethinking and inventing innovative solutions for nearly every sector of design from hospitality, restaurants, workplace experience, and landscape architecture. According to the World Health Organization, 19 percent of factors that affect our health and well-being are directly related to the built environment, making architects and designers key to protecting public health.
In light of a recent letter recognizing the possibility of airborne transmission of the virus, indoor air quality proves to be a top priority, but it is just one facet of the many ways the built environment affects public health.
