Investigating the Impact of Educational Space Design in Fostering Social Distancing: A Case Study of the University of Technology Buildings, Iraq

In the light of ongoing outbreak epidemics, Iraqi government ordered temporary closure university buildings and explicit compliance with social distancing, fearing increased infection rates among large numbers students. This closure, fear infection, acted as an obstacle for users educational spaces. To overcome this challenge, study aimed to investigate impact space design on effectiveness distancing reduce spread epidemics. The shape, area, furniture arrangement pattern were determined in spaces a spatial configuration through level wayfinding permeability. better understand relationship between current used visual survey, field visits, quantitative method using syntax analysis. And analysis was carried out various models three elected samples Technological University Baghdad, Iraq. values represented tables illustrate attributes charts showing measures permeability all analysed models. results show close elements composition distancing. is formed by effect space, changing relationships. Furthermore, characteristics depend those relationships control users’ circulation within which essential determining