Outdoor Concepts: Creating the New Normal

Description

This CPD discusses the impact the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic had on all of society and how it kick-started a new interconnection with the natural world. It emphasises how connecting this to our designs and plans can have a fundamental benefit to the occupants’ psychological and physical health, and the evolution of man and nature along with the trends that have arisen because of the pandemic. By the end of the presentation you should have a greater understanding of: - The flaws COVID19 highlighted in design and build - Improving health and wellbeing through design - How to connect the inside with the outside - The benefits for occupants’ health and wellbeing through the connection of nature - Outdoor living as a concept - How outdoor living can provide pre-2010 houses and spaces with better ventilated spaces - The versatility in application of outdoor living