TEMPORARY USE OF OFF-CAMPUS SPACES FOR UNIVERSITIES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: Collaboration with the City for Campus Re-opening in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States

The global spread of COVID-19 has forced many universities to close their doors. In the city of Boston, the government assisted institutions to use off-campus spaces for institutional use on a temporary to re-open the campus. This study focuses on the universities and the city of Boston and finds out the background and contents of the policy and details of temporary uses. In conclusion, the existing institutional planning code helped to promote the communication smoothly between universities and communities for temporary uses. Furthermore, this study shows hotels in the city were used as student dorms for de-densification, isolation, and quarantine.