*8.1.2 Space planning*

The COVID-19 pandemic imposes new design approaches to help in meeting spaceplanning requirements for various types of buildings; therefore, spaces can be purposefully designed and detailed to assist in the prevention, containment, and treatment of infectious disease, including COVID-19 [1, 2, 5–9, 26–28, 38, 57, 63–69, 76, 77]. Guidelines to overcome the challenges and reduce risk may include the following:


*Perspective Chapter: Guidelines to Cope with Challenging Problems Facing the Building… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.109169*
