4-11 Counseling Spaces.
E. Access/Circulation.
Counseling rooms should be private. Counseling rooms
should be near other instructor spaces so that
A. Use/Activities.
instructors and supervisors can control their use. When
Counseling spaces are areas where instructors meet
with individual students to discuss academic problems.
possible, counseling rooms should be separate, with
walls and a closable door, not partitioned spaces.
Instructor preparation areas, instructor rehearsal
(Figure 4-48).
rooms, empty classrooms, seminar rooms, or other
areas which have audio and visual privacy are used for
counseling.
F. Environmental Conditions.
B. Occupants.
(1) Windows.
Counseling spaces usually must accommodate one
Counseling spaces should not give a feeling of
instructor and one student.
claustrophobia. Although the counseling space should
be private, it may have windows in one wall to create
a more spacious feeling. Windows on an interior wall
C. Equipment/Supplies.
This type of space usually requires two chairs of the
should open onto a little-used circulation path, not
same height (so an instructor does not intimidate the
onto an area where people are sitting. Furniture should
student by looking down at him or her) and a low,
be arranged so that neither the instructor's nor the
small table.
student's back faces the windows.
(2) Sound.
D. Space Utilization.
There should be enough space for two or three people
Counseling spaces should be private. Walls and doors
of the counseling space should be soundproofed well
to sit and talk with a comfortable distance between
enough so confidential discussions are not overheard.
them. Each counseling room should be about 80
If the counseling room is along a circulation path, the
square feet. Ideal dimensions would be 8 by 10 feet or
room should be acoustically treated so outside noises
9 by 9 feet. The ceiling should not be more than 9
do not disturb or distract the instructor and student.
feet high.
Conference
Classrooms
Laboratory
Classrooms
Instructional
Shops
Self-Paced
Classrooms
Computer Aided
Classrooms
Seminar Classrooms
Auditorium/
Theater
Study Areas
Restrooms
Figure 4-48
Spaces Near Counseling Spaces.
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