DESIGN GUIDE: MUSIC AND DRAMA CENTERS
DG 1110.3.120
CHAPTER 2: SITE PLANNING
JANUARY 1981
SITE PLANNING
F I G U R E 2-9.1
Typical site plan development will include new
the design of the building itself will be adequate
plantings of trees, shrubs and grass, and where
signage to identify the structure. Traffic control
possible the preservation of existing vegetation.
and other directional signage should be simple,
For guidance see TM 5-830-1 and 4 and TM
easily read and large enough to be seen from a
5-803-3. Planting design should consider the
moving vehicle.
selection of plant materials which are readily
available and easily maintained and compatible
2. Lighting
with the environment. The ultimate growth char-
In general refer to the guidelines established in
acteristics of all planting should be considered,
DOD 4270.1-M and TM 5-803-3. A combination
as well as their effect on the micro-climate.
of exterior and interior lighting should improve
the relaxed atmosphere surrounding a perform-
ance. The tone of lighting design should surpass
E. IMAGE
the strictly functional security and safety lighting
required of all buildings.
The impression created by the building and site
is as important to program success as it is to the
3. Other Furnishings
more general goal of design quality. Persons
The colors, shapes, scale and placement of
approaching the site by car normally view the
benches, bollards, handrails, steps and other
building from an oncoming angle of 30 to 45
gradechange "edges" should enhance the feel-
degrees. This oblique view of the facility gives
ing of public space that is both part of the Music
a person his first impression of the structure and
and Drama facility and the street. Extensions of
signals him to prepare to turn into the entry
indoor public spaces are to be paved and fur-
drive. For this reason location of parked cars,
nished with consideration for visitors in `dress"
stands of trees or shrubs, or obscuring land-
attire.
forms should be taken into account. Tradition-
ally, people gathered in a forecourt or inside a
D. PLANTING
lighted lobby visible from the street serve as a
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