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DG 1110-3-124
August 1976
a.
Installation master plans are guides for future land
2-5 Siting
development and indicate specific locations of proposed
facilities. They evolve from an analysis of requirements
for housing, support activities and military operations.
Ecological considerations,
utility and transportation
modes and natural characteristics of the terrain are some
of the factors which contribute to the formulation of the
plan.
b. Arts and Crafts Centers generate a large amount of
activity. They are places of excitement where creative
things happen. Although traffic and noise problems which
result from the operations of the center must be consid-
ered in each design solution, the facilities themselves
generally do not disturb their neighborhoods and there-
fore need not be isolated. In fact, the Arts and Crafts
Center might well be part of a larger social/recreational
complex which offers numerous leisure activities in much
the same manner that a shopping mall gives it patrons
purchasing choices. Libraries, theaters, recreation centers
and snack bars are all compatible facilities that might be
mutually supportive of a large complex. Refer to TM
5-803-6, Site Planning of Community Centers, f o r
guidance.
c.
At most installations there is one Arts and Crafts
Center. However, when the installation is larger several
smaller centers should be considered because the areas
served by a single center might be too large to be con-
venient to the majority of the prospective users. If a
center is sited in a complex with other facilities for leisure
activities, or into a central core area of shopping, recrea-
tion and service facilities, then the entire complex can be
more easily served by both public transportation and
service vehicles.
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