01 Imagining Urban Spaces During Epidemic

Location: Guangzhou, China

Area: 3.4 ha

Institution: Studio Alpha, academic Instructor: Shirley & Joyce Zhu

Cooperation with Zhen Qin

Role in the team: design stategy, modeling, presentations and drawings. Period: 08.2021—12.2021

In 2021, during the Covid-19 epidemic, the Chinese government required all persons from outside mainland China to implement a 14+7(14-day centralized quarantine & 7-day at-home quarantine) quarantine policy when entering mainland China.

However, how much freedom of movement should the returning overseas travellers can get in the hotels they are isolating? Are they only allowed to stay within their room, or they can move freely within a certain area? How to identify the scope of a certain space that can guarantee collective life safety for larger groups of people and assure physical and mental health of the quarantined people? Among the isolated, minimum to none inclined to develop Covid-19. Therefore, creating a public space that can be used during isolation, while ensuring everyone's health safety, so that they can enjoy certain amount of social activities while being isolated, rather than being confined to the room, as outlined through scientific and technological means.

Highway

River

Green Space

Quarantine Hotel

General Hospital

StableStage

Overseas Personel

Strategy

Overseas isolators in Day 8 to Day 14 are determined to break the traditional isolation through the combination of prevention measures and psychotherapy measures.

Treatment

01 Open-air Theater

02

Sensory Garden

05

Waterscape

The flexibility and vitality of water can meeet people's hydrophilic needs.

03

Activity Square

06 Isoated Footpath

Small dots are marked on the footpath to remind people of the isolation distance.

04 Medical Service

07 Medical Service

Medical services are provided in the activity area to prepare for emergencies.

08 Distance Prompt

09

Independent

The floor shows the track of activities through color, reminding people to keep distance. Independent seats are set in every corner of facilitate people's private activities.

10 Bodybuilding 11 Conversation

The fitness place is seperated by plants, which can not interfere with each other. Wear masks to enter the conversation place and enjoy the fun of communicating with each other.

12 Forest Trial

Walking along the forest trial can relax your mind and have a breath of fresh air.

Quarantine Garden Model | Refroming the Roof of Guangzhou Nikko Hotel as an Example to remind activities can

The interactive floor will help visualize the safe distance between the users. The light-emitting device helps to remind people to keep a safe distance.

DIstance divisions clearly delineate safe areas to people to keep a proper distance so that activities be carried out safe.

03 Plant Seperation

Scenes & Facilities |Two Active Scenarios & Organized Facilities

plants, planks formed,

Ecological waterscape not only beautifies the environment visually, but also meets the hydrophilic needs of quarantined people in touch.