"NON_ISOLATED_Reshaping distancing culture in the new normal" by Si Ya YANG Mengyu, WU
  

During the epidemic, it is observable that isolation and social distancing have gradually become the new normal.
In essence, Chinese traditional culture somehow contains distancing gene and appreciates distance aesthetics in many circumstances. Therefore, we carried out a historical study by collecting some social scenarios from the ancient times, and then extracted a number of spatial prototypes based on different levels of social distancing, including the respectful（敬），denfensive（防），polite（礼），generous but not too intimate（度）.
In this sense, we wonder if we can take inspiration from the traditional wisdom to develop a series of distancing vocabularies, and then apply these prototypes of spaces and elements, to help reshape public spaces and public life in our cities.