Housing in Mexico in the face of the new normal. An approximate spatial proposal

Abstract

The pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus brought with it strong consequences in all areas of contemporary life. Under the slogan "stay home", on March 31, 2020, the National Health Emergency began in Mexico and all non-essential activities in the public and private sectors were suspended. Thus began one of the greatest health and social crises of recent times. Suddenly, domestic spaces around the world transformed their uses and meanings; the house was put to the test and became the new operations center. This work analyzes the spatial implications derived from the pandemic, by exploring the responses generated by psychology, risk management, information technology and the educational sector to the situation; conceives housing as a product of its inhabitants and concludes with a typological housing proposal that could solve some of the requirements of the so-called "new normality".