COVID-19: Our world re-engineered for social distancing

From urban planning to office spaces, how our world is adapting to the COVID-19 outbreak

Published: May 07, 2020 16:20 Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Digital Content Editor

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A prototype office of international real estate company Cushman & Wakefield with a workplace design concept using the 'six foot rule' of social distancing in Amsterdam. Image Credit: Reuters

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Yellow stripe is painted in the middle of a pedestrian street to help people comply with the social distance guidelines related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in Aalborg, Denmark Image Credit: Reuters

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Circles on the ground indicating where to sit and stand in a tramway in Nice, France. Image Credit: Reuters

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A man visits his wife at a care facility for elderly people with dementia, in a glass house that is made especially against loneliness caused by the visit ban due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Wassenaar, Netherlands. Image Credit: Reuters

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A bank teller wearing a protective face mask stands at a counter with a plastic curtain installed to prevent the spread of coronavirus, at the Higashinakano branch of MUFG Bank in Tokyo, Japan. Image Credit: Reuters

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An employee, wearing a protective face mask, sits at a table with plastic barriers to maintain social distancing as he works on the automobile assembly line of Renault ZOE cars at the Renault automobile factory in Flins as the French carmaker ramps up car production with new security and health measures during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France. Image Credit: Reuters

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People stand on social-distancing markers at a Mercedes car dealer in Brussels, Belgium. Image Credit: Reuters

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Servers in protective gear carry food at a restaurant which is testing servers providing drinks and food to models pretending to be clients in Amsterdam. Image Credit: Reuters

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A woman and a child ride a bicycle as Milan reallocates road space previously used by cars to new bicycle lanes and pedestrian pathways, in Italy. Image Credit: Reuters

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People follow social distancing markings as they line up at a shopping mall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Image Credit: Reuters

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Workers paint lines on the street to expand a sidewalk for pedestrians to keep a safe social distance between them, in Barcelona, Spain. Image Credit: Reuters

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A notice on the pavement reminding people of social distancing in Tooting, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain. Image Credit: Reuters

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