Design Considerations
h. Phased Development
Some CAC facilities should be designed to be built over
time as a sequence of construction projects, thus accom-
modating available funding, and resulting in a unified
complex based on a phased master plan. Whether for a
single building or a complex, plans should permit parts to
be built at different times and to operate in the interim as
workable wholes (see figure 5 - 8). Alternative phasing
possibilities should be considered in order to respond to
unanticipated conditions.
An architectural master plan of the whole facility complex
should be designed from the beginning, to set the pattern
of relationships between all elements and guidelines for
their design development. The detailed design of each
part should respond in form and circulation patterns to
the uses of all nearby building elements. Efficient opera-
tion, access and staffing must be possible at all stages of
partial and final completion. This may require changes in
the use of certain spaces as the facility grows, with
space built for one purpose and then later modified, or
built to accommodate a future stage of demand but partly
used in the interim for other functions. Such phased use
patterns, and the configurations and temporary construc-
tion required to accommodate them, should be under-
stood and designed from the beginning of the project.
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