Co - Working Spatial Changes in Response to Pandemic Issues (Study case in Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

Abstract

In March 2020, the World Health Organization officially announced the COVID-19 outbreak as a global Pandemic (WHO, 2020). The first step from government to respond this issue is by holding a local lockdown in their area. People are prohibited from leaving their house and required to do all of their activities inside their house. These new habits and activities of course lead to the changes in the functions and requirements of space including to the one of public space, Co-Working space. In this era, most people prefer to do or finish their job outside especially in the Co-Working space rather than inside their house to gain more ideas. And since the new normal era has begun, lots of design changes have occurred following and responding to the pandemic problem. What changes have occurred due to changes in people's behavior during the pandemic? How to design a Co-Working space that is suitable for the present and for the future?