AIA Ohio Safe Schools Charrette Final Presentation
Channel: AIA Ohio
Date: 26/06/2020

The Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted standard processes surrounding how we educate students at every level. This spring, all Ohio schools were ordered to transition to a virtual platform by the Ohio Department of Health out of concern for the safety of the students, their families, educators, and administrative personnel. As we enter the summer of 2020, the effects of the pandemic have not disappeared, and we remain concerned about an uncertain future. Current policy and protocols for how we interface with the current educational environment need to be reshaped, and our local and statewide leaders need valuable information to inform pressing decisions.

Over the month of June, AIA Ohio hosted an online Design Charrette to develop ideas to help school administrators understand what opening up in the fall for the 2020-2021 school year might look like. Ideas and concepts were developed into presentations, which were juried and constructively analyzed for improvements. The top five submissions were presented virtually to an audience of architects, administrators, district officials and other stakeholders.