CTBUH Research Paper ctbuh.org/papers Title: Towards Post-Crisis Tall Buildings and Cities Authors: Daniel Safarik, Editor-in-Chief, CTBUH Will Miranda, Research Coordinator, CTBUH Subjects: COVID MEP Social Issues Vertical Transportation Keywords: Commercial COVID-19 MEP Occupancy Vertical Transportation Workplace Publication Date: 2020 Original Publication: CTBUH Journal 2020 Issue IV Paper Type: 1. Book chapter/Part chapter 2. Journal paper 3. Conference proceeding 4. Unpublished conference paper 5. Magazine article 6. Unpublished © Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat / Daniel Safarik; Will Miranda CTBUH Special Report Towards Post-Crisis Tall Buildings and Cities Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a massive and sudden rethink of how tall office buildings, and cities as a whole, should operate. With national and local government responses varying widely across the globe, and much about the virus still unknown, it is impossible to generate a single safe operational model for the immediate near term. However, the aggregate knowledge of the building industry Daniel Safarik William Miranda can be activated by creating an indicative, general assessment of how today’s tall buildings and their cities could be modified. This report collates the advice of the Authors Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s Expert Peer Review Committee and Daniel Safarik, Editor-in-Chief William Miranda, Research Coordinator its database of the global tall building industry, as well as the consultancies and Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat The Monroe Building professional organizations in the wider CTBUH orbit, forming a hypothetical model 104 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 620 Chicago, Illinois of the potential changes coming to the existing stock of tall office buildings and USA 60603 the cities where they are located, and speculates on the urban implications of t: +1 312 283 5599 e:
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