To preserve open space on an extremely limited site, an athletic center at Columbia University was built "underground" and its roof landscaped with shade trees, evergreens, and shrubs. (Author/MLF)

Aviation High School in Cleveland, Ohio, built on the site of a former dump, presented some unique problems. (Author/MLF)

A STUDY WAS INITIATED TO ORIENT SCHOOL PLANNERS TO A SYSTEMATIC METHOD OF IDENTIFYING AND ANALYZING FACTORS PERTINENT TO SITE SELECTION. THE REVIEW OF LITERATURE REVEALED THAT LITTLE WAS WRITTEN ON THE SUBJECT. A SURVEY OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION REVEALED THAT TWO STATES HAD PUBLISHED MATERIALS ON SITE SELECTION. HOWEVER, THERE WERE…

THE PAPERS SUMMARIZED IN THIS DOCUMENT WERE GIVEN AT A S.C.U.P. CONFERENCE AND WERE BASED UPON EXPERIENCES AT COLLEGES IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND PORTLAND, OREGON. CENTRAL TO ALL THE CONCEPTS OF PLANNING WAS THE LOCATION OF THE INSTITUTION, WITH THE ENSUING GEOPOLITICAL RESTRICTIONS. OTHER PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS VARIED IN…

One way to meet the problems of space needs of new programs and a wider constituency without resorting to new buildings is to modernize available campus space. With costs of new construction steadily rising, with space on which to build dwindling and with the growing affection for old, familiar buildings on campus, modernization often serves as…

Suggests a high school or college level program of subjective perception and evaluation of industrial landscapes. Slides of local or national industrial sites can be rated and classified as pleasing or unpleasing in terms of variables such as architectural style of building, smokestacks, age, and visible pollution. (AV)

A campus-wide site plan looks at the campus as a whole and defines immediate and long-range problems and potential. Text and photographs illustrate site development at McClennan Community College in Waco, Texas, and at the University of Toledo and the University of Dayton, both in Ohio. (MLF)

The school, designed in a storefront on the main street of the town it would serve, blends educational philosophy with community involvement and difficult site problems. (Author/MLF)

This guide contains suggested criteria for planning, designing, and renovating Head Start centers so that they are safe, child-oriented, developmentally appropriate, beautiful, environmentally sensitive, and functional. The content is based on the U.S. General Services Administration's Child Care Center Design Guide, PBS-P140, which was intended…

Tells how a community college sifted through the building possibilities on the hot, dry, and windy Mojave desert. (Author)

Argues that soils, topography, and ecology are three factors that school planners must consider. (Author)