Chapter 5
(7) Bowling. Bowling facilities may be included in
Community Activity Centers, most likely in the larger
ones, especially Main Post Centers. Their relationship to
the other functions is much the same as the active sports
spaces, with an emphasis on design for noise isolation.
The shared use of the snack bar and electronic games
rooms serving the entire CAC can be an important fea-
ture of consolidation with regard to bowling facilities.
(8) Dependent Youth Activities. Youth activities will
either have separate, specialized facilities for the youth,
or will be integrated programmatically in other spaces
within a Community Activity Center. In general, the
youth prefer to have some spaces for the exclusive use
of their own age group. This is particularly valid for a
separate "Teen Center." Where their activities are con-
solidated in a Main Post Center or Local Family Center,
the youth will partake of activities in all the CAC program
areas. This means that design of all the spaces must
reflect the size, activity preference and hazard considera-
tions of use by youth, ages 6 to 19. Physical subdivision
and time scheduling should be made feasible where age-
group or dependent/military separation is advisable. The
provision of multiple activity spaces - for instance, sev-
eral lounge or games areas - is important to permit the
youth to have some "territory" of their own, which avoids
conflict with other user groups.
(9) Child Development. The child development facility
functions separately from the rest of the CAC, although
its conveniently accessible location is important for par-
ents using the center. It needs to be separate for rea-
sons of programmatic identity, independent access and
reception, noise isolation, and different scale of spaces.
This suggests design of either a nearby detached struc-
ture for child development (as in figure 5 - 5), or a dis-
tinctly separate wing of the center, with form and scale
defined by its own program determinants. Since child
development programs may provide after-school and
vacation activities for children 6 - to - 12 years old,
space for these should be included in the main CAC
facility, and coordinated with youth activities such as
reading, music and crafts.
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