Architectural Factors for Infection and Disease Control

AnnaMarie Bliss is a lecturer in Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign teaching design studios, foundational design principles, history and theory, and research methods for environmental designers. Her scholarship concentrates on health and well-being in design. Dr. Bliss is also the founder and principal of Bliss Historic Preservation and Consulting, a historic preservation architecture firm. Her research and practice projects address the socio-spatial and haptic aspects of preservation design triggering changes in the environmental perception of users and how health sciences play a role in design development. Dr. Bliss has been awarded national and international recognitions for her work including the Alpha Rho Chi Medal of Honor, the P.E.O Scholar Award, and the King Medal for Excellence and the 2020 Dissertation Award from the Architectural Research Centers Consortium. Dak Kopec is an architectural psychologist and associate professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dak has authored several books and is credited with researching, developing, and administering the first low-residency graduate program focused on designs for human health at the Boston Architectural College. He has also served as a visiting professor at the University of Hawaii with a joint position in schools’ architecture and medicine. In 2017, he won IDEC’s Community Service Award for the design of a group home for people with developmental disabilities and early-onset dementia. Today, Dak is calling upon his diverse educational background in health sciences, psychology, and architecture to promote interdisciplinary and person-centered design.

1. Infection and Disease Transmission: Pandemics, Epidemics, And Outbreaks, 2. Isolation, Quarantine, Infection Control: Architecture and Planning In Service To Public Health, 3. The Social Construction of Airborne Infections, 4. Distancing and Colonial Design: Segregated Asylums to Control Leprosy in Suriname, 5. Pine Forest and Sunlight: Alvar Aalto’s Paimio Sanitorium, 6. Legionnaires’ Disease and Water Systems: History and Prevention, 7. Infection Control Through Environmental Design, 8. Infection Risk Mitigation Using Pedestrian Dynamics, 9. Green Infrastructure for Mosquito Control, 10. Emergency Department Design in Response to Pandemics: A Systematic Literature Review, 11. Environmental Role of Open Space in Infection and Disease Control, 12. Viral and Bacterial Infection Prevention through Intentional Design, 13. Disease Control within High-Traffic Areas: A Series of Mini Case Studies, 14. Retail Design in a Post Pandemic World, 15. Future Teaching of Design Courses Post Pandemic, 16. Architecture Without Prelates, Magistrates, And Admirals: The R3build Pavilion, 17. Open Learning Spaces: Redefining School Design in A Post-Pandemic World, 18. Toward Culturally Enriched Communities - Covid-19 Implications, 19. Mobile Testing Facilities Inspired by Origami Science