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Learning from Covid-19
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The master’s degree thesis project was born from the desire to combine two of my great passions: design and medicine. A desire that was the beginning of an experience began in March when, after long and tiring research, I was able to find a place to carry out the type of internship I wanted. Professor Stefano Capolongo welcomed me into his team in the Department of Architecture, Engineering and Built Environment (ABC Department) of the University of Politecnico di Milano which deals with the Planning and Design of Hospital/Social-Health Systems. With them, I began to experience the connections between design and health, especially concerning the recent epidemic from Covid-19, which had turned into a pandemic precisely with the beginning of my internship. On this occasion, I created a database of innovative solutions to manage mass health emergencies. This research has aroused such great interest that it was decided to carry it forward by transforming this starting research into a new challenge: to create meta-design indications for health structures to fight Covid-19 and contain future pandemics. I found a Design professor who believed in me and my idea, and together with the ABC Department, they followed me in the realization of this revolutionary research thesis. In all of this, the union between these two departments was a novelty. It had never been done before and was seen as an innovation within the entire university school.
BATCH.WORKS, FACE SHIELD
The thesis project aimed to define how the designer could fit into a health system to help fight the spread of epidemic diseases. These indications are necessary because the sudden new Coronavirus pandemic of 2019 has brought out various difficulties in managing and organizing hospital spaces on a national and international scale to cope with a large number of critically ill patients. Therefore, this research thesis arises from clarifying how health structures can best prepare themselves to face pandemics, such as COVID-19. Specifically, the thesis deals with drafting guidelines that guide healthcare designer in developing design solutions to welcome and effectively assist infected patients and protect healthcare personnel, other patients, and the public from contagion inside the accommodation facility.
This project has had significant appreciation from both of the Departments of Design. For this reason, I was asked to carry on the work done through publications, participation in competitions, and lectures to be held at the Politecnico di Milano entitled “The City of Care.
This project has had significant appreciation from both of the Departments of Design. For this reason, I was asked to carry on the work done through publications, participation in competitions, and lectures to be held at the Politecnico di Milano entitled “The City of Care.
BEAM, BEAM PRO
