DESIGN OF HIGH SCHOOL WITH PANDEMIC RESILIENCE

• Main Author: Karima As Sa'diah, Salma
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/57526
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The presence of the Covid-19 pandemic has hampered various activities of human life, especially in the field of education. The government closed all educational institutions to minimize the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Learning activities in schools are diverted into distance learning in their own homes. But the limitations and problems that appear during distance learning make student’s productivity decrease. Students also experienced difficulties adapting to their friends, teachers and learning activities in school due to the lack of direct interactions. Learning activities are considered more effective when it is done directly at school. The governments are planning to reopen schools for face-to-face learning. In addition to it, people’s behaviour and habits are also changed as an effort to adapt to this pandemic. So, it’s necessary to redesign the school design to accommodate direct learning activities and prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the school environment. Architecture serves as a container of human activities during pandemic. Resilience in buildings is needed so that people can move comfortably and safely during this pandemic. The architectural design of school is expected to accommodate learning activities directly with the importance of safety and health aspects. This thesis proposal explores the design of high schools that has resilience to the pandemic, through program planning and exploration of physical designs. The school design considers the safety and health aspects for the users. The school design is expected to create a sense of security and comfort for students to do learning activities directly in the school. The design can support the learning process and change their habits and mindset to be more proactive to prevent transmission of the virus. This school design uses 6 criteria of school design that has resilience to the pandemic: transformative learning, interactive landscapes, physical settings, stimulation levels, community, also health and safety. The implementation of those criteria resulted in several important points for school design. The design is expected to give an idea of how to design schools that are resilient to the pandemic. So that learning activities can be done directly in schools even though we’re still in the middle of Covid-19 pandemic.