From architecture to cure: archistars devote their effort to fighting COVID-19

April 7, 2020
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Masks have now been distributed to health workers in London to test and the studio is exploring how to get the design approved for mass production.

Architecture studio Foster + Partners has created a laser-cut face shield to protect health workers from coronavirus, which can be disassembled and sanitised so that it can be reused.

Foster + Partners is the latest architecture studio to design a piece of personal protective equipment (PPE), with studios including BIG, KPF and Handel Architects, Studio Iosa Ghini already making face shields, whilst Carlo Ratti Associati came up with CURA, compact Intensive-Care pod for patients with respiratory infections, hosted in a 20-foot intermodal container with biocontainment

Face shield by Studio Iosa Ghini

CURA by Carlo Ratti Associati

“Protecting front-line health workers is key and we felt this was an obvious way that we could contribute,” Grant Brooker, head of studio at Foster + Partners”

The mask is specifically designed so that it can be manufactured quickly and disassembled, sanitised and reused after wearing.

“We wanted to look at simple cleaning and reuse, as we know that materials are scarce and in high demand, so reuse is essential,” explained Brooker.

From architecture to cure: archistars devote their effort to fighting COVID-19

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