During the corona era, photos and images of famous tourist places and densely populated cities like apocalyptic movies showed the skeletons of public spaces without citizens and added to our fear of the virus. The city became a threat during the pandemic. We stayed at home and created a new home-office space. Corona was mixed with the concept of space and distance.
What do we know about the relationship between the city and the epidemic? Did our understanding of space and city change? Do cities change in post-corona? Can cities be made resistant to deadly viruses?
In the fifth part of the “one meter and a half” podcast series, we discussed these questions with Saman Seif, an architect and urban planner and a graduate of strategic urban planning and design from the University of Leuven, Belgium.
