Pandemic Spatial Disruption Research

The spatial modifications and restrictions put in place during the pandemic provided an unprecedented opportunity to investigate the many ways in which the built environment affects our health and wellbeing. During this period of campus spatial disruption, Caryn conducted a two stage interview study documenting student accounts of their experience of Covid-related campus restrictions. The study’s findings contribute to a growing body of knowledge concerned with how pandemic-related spatial restrictions impacted students’ experience of learning, community, health, and wellbeing. This work also provides insight into how space contributes to social connection, and how disruptions alter our experience of place and our constructions of place-meaning.

Date

2020 - ongoing

Project Team

Colleen Tully

Funding

2022 Architectural Research Center Consortium (ARCC) Research Incentive Award

2022 Architecture Research Collaborative Seed Funds

Presentations

2023 EDRA 54: Environment and Health. Mexico City

2023 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting

2022 EDRA 53: Health in all Design. Greenville, SC