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CURA | Modular Intensive Care Unit

Venice, Italy, Carlos Ratti and Collaborative Team
https://www.archdaily.com/936911/interview-carlo-ratti-on-architecture-that-fights-covid-19?ad_source=search

Repurposed shipping containers can serve as modular intensive care units. This shipping container infrastructure allows for a high level of flexibility, as well as making the project affordable, since these are inexpensive. Shipping containers give the opportunity to be installed anywhere and when not needed, can be taken away supporting flexibility without leaving marks behind. They can be stacked on top of each other with no structure needed, which makes these modular healthcare units expandable and scalable.

Berlin Airport Turns Covid-19 Hospital

Berlin, Germany, Opposite Office
https://www.archdaily.com/936568/opposite-office-imagines-the-new-berlin-airport-as-a-covid-19-hospital/

The Berlin, Germany airport (in construction since 2006) is still an unused space, which could be utilized to support healthcare needs in light of COVID-19. The 6 feet apart rule is an inspiration for the modular layout of the hospital beds and personal rooms. By reusing existing infrastructure, we are able to fight the pandemic and use our existing resources in order to help those in need. The circular layout is adaptable to other buildings not in use during the pandemic such as schools, gyms, or even parking lots.

RETAIL ROBOTS + Automation

Calgary, Canada, Attabotics
https://www.fastcompany.com/90457446/attabotics-most-innovative-companies-2020

Attabotic systems

Through store closures and stay-at-home orders online shopping has become the predominant way to acquire products and goods. This system inspired by ant colonies shrinks large warehouses into a dense, vertical stacking system. The robots are controlled from a workstation where the employee requests the item(s) on a screen and the robot retrieves the correct containers and brings them via tracks to the workstation. The system itself is modular and can be expanded with additional tracks and containers and is usually installed into a building rather than being built into it.