General guidelines for educators and architects in planning for industrial education, shops, and laboratory facilities necessary to the instructional program, are provided. Characteristics of the environment discussed are as follows--(1) spatial, (2) thermal, (3) visual, (4) sonic, and (5) aesthetic. Utility services covered are electrical power,…

In addition to describing the usual considerations in facilities planning such as educational specifications, the role of the architect, the role of the consultant, this guide, intended for use by individuals responsible for industrial arts shops, focuses on those activities peculiar to industrial arts planning. The industrial arts planner, who…

Describes a career center in Michigan, a vocational school in Texas, and a vocational center in Kentucky. Each facility has some unusual feature, such as the quadrant structure of the career center; the consolidation of administration, maintenance, and distribution at the vocational school; and the duo-building arrangement of the vocational…