Session 1 / Singapore Live Program: The Post-Crisis Tall Building

Antony Wood
President
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Chicago

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a massive and sudden rethink of how tall office buildings should operate. This presentation proposes a “generic” 200-meter office building, located in Chicago, displaying several key modifications that could take place if certain indicative public-health restrictions were implemented, using local infection rates and industry best practices around ventilation, office floor and elevator occupancy. It is drawn from the knowledge held by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s Expert Peer Review Committee, and its database of the global tall building industry, as well as the consultancies and professional organizations in the wider CTBUH orbit.