A glimpse of hope emerged from the endless loop of COVID-19 news this week when China announced the closure of their last temporary hospital in Wuhan due to their stabilization of the pandemic that has now taken the world by storm. Western countries have been enforcing more restrictive measures aiming to stop the spread of the virus, including mandating shelter-in-place orders and forcing any business deemed non-essential to close. Due to the quarantine and isolation politics imposed by the authorities around the globe, we asked you, our readers, how the coronavirus is affecting your daily life as architects and designers. These answers allowed us to compose an overall picture of the atmosphere established by the pandemic – and the way we are adapting to it.
Our poll surveyed our Spanish, English and Portuguese platforms, and more than 600 readers shared their experiences. Most of the participants (39%) were between 21 and 30 years old, followed by the group ranging between 31 and 40 years old (29%). Readers between ages 41 and 50 represent 13% of the survey participants, while 9% were between 50 and 60, and readers over 60 were 7% of the readers who shared their experiences since the outbreak.
We also discovered that approximately 65% of the participants stated that they had already worked from home before the quarantine in some capacity, whether just for a few days, or as a part of their regular routine. For the others, the new reality of adapting to a home office has brought many challenges, related to the ability to focus on work and finding new means of communication with colleagues.
