ARCH 574: Design for COVID-19: Rethinking the University Campus
Graduate Design Studio
In 2017, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign revised and updated its master planning documents, continuing the essential themes and goals of master plans from the 19th and 20th centuries. In 2020, the presence of COVID-19 in the United States forced a re-evaluation of how university spaces are used and how higher education may achieve its previous efficacy while protecting public health. This graduate studio, a collaboration between Architecture and Landscape Architecture, reimagines the Urbana-Champaign campus in an era of social distancing. From zoning to public space design to residential architecture, we offer speculative, progressive proposals that synthesize the educational and social needs of the university ecosystem with the public safety demands of a global pandemic.
For more information, see the course website. Student work from this course was published in 2022 in The Plan Journal.

Oceanz Appiah-Sokye and Sydney Serwatt

Oceanz Appiah-Sokye and Sydney Serwatt

Fengling Hu

Fengling Hu

Huong Dinh and Andrew Wei

Huong Dinh and Andrew Wei

Jesus Sanchez and Jesse Torres-Bello

Jesus Sanchez and Jesse Torres-Bello

Emily Tejeda Vargas

Emily Tejeda Vargas

Emily Tejeda Vargas

Jenny Emmert and Lily Holmes

Jenny Emmert and Lily Holmes

Jenny Emmert and Lily Holmes

Allison Gasper

Allison Gasper

Curtis Howard and Jenifer Romero Marquez

Curtis Howard and Jenifer Romero Marquez