Description
Work with facilities managers to move furniture and equipment to reconfigure spaces to allow for low-density, in-person instruction.
Details
Reconfiguring existing lab, studio and performance spaces may allow them to be used at higher density/more efficiently while maintaining social distancing. Examples might include:
- Temporary partitioning of larger labs, studio and performance spaces to create smaller rooms (e.g. temporary walls used by contractors during construction to control dust).
- Subdivision of lab benches or studio work spaces with Plexiglas screens (or other material) so that they can be occupied more densely.
- Moveable Plexiglas screens that could be reconfigured depending on the class.
Categories
Collaboration
Space Configuration
Social Learning
Viral Containment & Prevention
Resources
Performance - Hybrid
High
Performance - Remote
Low
Studio - Hybrid
High
Studio - Remote
Low
Lab - Hybrid
High
Lab - Remote
Low
Resources Required
- Approval for reconfiguration
- Work request through facilities management
Subdivision of large spaces may impact egress and ingress and interfere with air handling. Feasible in a limited number of spaces, will need assessment by building management — implementation at College/University level.
Subdivision of lab benches etc and provision of screens will incur some cost and require lead time for fabrication and installation but should be generally feasible — implementation at College level.
Effort
Medium