Archinect - Features 2024-05-06T11:05:10-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150263624/schools-turn-to-design-professionals-as-the-pandemic-mandates-collaboration-with-long-term-impacts Schools Turn to Design Professionals as the Pandemic Mandates Collaboration With Long-Term Impacts Josh Niland 2021-05-21T08:23:00-04:00 >2021-05-27T19:41:51-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b4/b4d2769424c5d08fbcc0fb9c4cc292a4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>As many Americans adjust to life at home, exploring backyard yoga classes and telecommuting to work while their children flitter through the background disrupting Zoom meetings, the schools responsible for those children are likewise adapting to the constraints and demands of in-person instruction. In the midst of a pandemic that has fundamentally altered the physical spaces for learning a generation of students is coming to view as a &ldquo;new normal,&rdquo; the architecture of education echoes many changes the rest of society has undertaken since the crisis began last March.</p>