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safety.The norms of having spaces dynamics should not be mistaken

for sanitization at entry point(s), for its temporariness, rather be
adaptability of spaces to be turned taken to “reassess”, “redefine”, and
into sections of isolation, adequate “reanalyse” the spatial autonomies of
provision of open spaces, maximum homes in order to be future-ready in a
light, and ventilation could be way that these spaces become places
considered for exploration. But the to “unwind”, “relax”, and “recharge”.
conversation must start with the
mapping of experiences of those References
who faced inconveniences and Oxford Leaners’ Dictionaries.
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lockdown (LePan 2020). Some oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
pertinent questions to ponder on and
resolve through design are as under: Düzen, M. G. Y. and N. Ekrem. 2021.
Altered Meanings of Home Before and
ƒ How has the COVID-19 altered During COVID-19 Pandemic. In Human
the meaning of a home and its Arenas
purpose? Zevi, Bruno. 1957. Architecture as Space.
ƒ How can the design of a home New York: Horizon Press Jyoti, D. 2021.
resonate with the experiences and Covid-19 changed the meaning of home,
new expectations of users? exposed social chasm. In Hindustan
Times. Details available at https://www.
ƒ How can spatial configurations of hindustantimes.com/india-news/covid19-
a home help in the healing process? changed-the-meaning-of-home-exposed-
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The approach of including users
and the community as a whole in Wood, S. 2021. Architecture students
fresh air to cure people suffering the design process can also help reimagine vacant shops in Canterbury
city centre. Details available at https://
from tuberculosis, lost continuity in achieve the global Sustainable www.kent.ac.uk/news/culture/29075/
the later architectural expressions. Development Goals (SDGs), in which architecture-students-reimagine-vacant-
Similarly, villages of Saranac Lake, SDG 11 emphasizes to “Make cities shops-in-canterbury-city-centre
New York had “cure cottages” and human settlements inclusive, LePan, N. 2020. A visual history of
designed as flexible spaces to be safe, resilient, and sustainable”. pandemics. In World Economic Forum.
transformed into isolation facilities The journey towards inclusivity, Details available at https://www.weforum.
when required (Philcox 2020). safety, resilience, and sustainability org/agenda/2020/03/a-visual-history-of-
must commence from homes, where pandemics
The COVID-19 pandemic has once experiences and expectations
again compelled architects to put of users can give succour and Yuko, E. 2020. How previous epidemics
impacted home design. Details available
on their thinking caps and evaluate ameliorations for accomplishment at https://www.architecturaldigest.com/
spaces which were thought to be of the previously discussed goals. story/subway-tile-design-in-epidemics
appropriate so far. It is time to Newer possibilities in designs can
reconstruct the spatial autonomy of pave the way for a future where a Philcox, T. 2020. Corbusier on my mind:
a home in a post-COVID era. Spatial home would be conceptualized as the Design thinking and post-Covid living.
Details available at http://www.open.
designs must be multifunctional for lifeline of a family apart from being ac.uk/blogs/design/corbusier-on-my-
multiple users and have abilities to an extension of the infrastructure in mind-design-thinking-and-post-covid-
perform as an office, a school, a gym, the larger perspective. The notion of a living/
an entertainment area, a meditation “home” needs to be taken from being
area, a quarantine facility, and much “responsible for accommodating
more depending upon user-specific users” to “response-able”, i.e.,
needs, but without compromising having an ability to adapt to change
on the physical and mental health of any kind. This phase of evolving