DOCUMENT RESUME ED 252 951 EA 017 461 AUTHOR Flynn, Richard B., Ed.; And Others TITLE Planning Facilities for Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation. Revised. INSTITUTION American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Reston, VA.; Athletic Inst., North Palm Beach, Fla. REPORT NO ISBN-0-87670-095-4; ISBN-0-87670-096-2 PUB DATE 85 NOTE 278p.; For an earlier edition, see ED 179 548. Photographs may not reproduce clearly. AVAILABLE FROM Publication Sales, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance: 1900 Association Drive, Reston, VA 22091 ($21.95 plus $2.50 shipping and handling for softcover edition; $26.95 plus $3.50 shipping and handling for hardcover edition; quantity discounts). PUB TYPE Guides - Non-Classroom Use (055) -- Books (010) EDRS PRICE Mi'01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Accessibility (for Disabled); Adapted Physical Education; Athletic Fields; *Athletics; Building Design; Construction Needs; Elementary Secondary Education; Encapsulated Facilities; *Facility Guidelines; Facility Improvement; *Facility Planning; *Facility Requirements; Field Houses; Gymnasiums; Locker Rooms; Parks; *Physical Education Facilities; Playgrounds; *Recreational Facilities; Site Selection; Swimming Pools ABSTRACT This newly revised edition is intended to serve as a practical tool for school administrators, physical education department heads, architects, planning consultants, and all others interested in planning new areas and facilities or checking the adequacy of those already in use. Chapter input was solicited from carefully chosen leaders in the field of athletic facility planning as well as from outstanding architects. Efforts were made to incorporate the most recent advances in facility planning and construction. Certain program areas, such as planning for the handicapped, were expanded, while outdated or irrelevant materials were deleted. The following topics are covered in separate chapters: (1) the planning process; (2) indoor facilities; (3) outdoor facilities; (4) swimming pools; (5) encapsulated spaces and stadiums; (6) service areas; (7) facilities for recreation, parks, and open spaces; (8) planning for the handicapped; and (9) trends in facility design. The book is illustrated with photographs and diagrams of the facilities discussed and selected references are cited at the end of each chapter. Ikppendixes include state requirements for school construction; checklists for building service, and security and safety planning; and supplementary photographs and figures. 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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NATIONALtr4srfrurEOF UM/CATION ELUCATtONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTIR tERIC) XThn do, ument nas beer, rwurfoduced as let eN,,d (ta th- de"Alf, 0,(7,9804000.1 (xv(pIldio1(,) .1 Mara wows rIaf teen made to wnprove epf Out 10,00 LI ',flay po.nts of 'op.* or opmons stated in this doeu mint do not nea essar,iv represent official PRE posiiw of p04,, y "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL INMICROFICHE ONLY HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDWATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." ryy ..erers_AID Ong _.- THE ATHLETIC INST and AMERICAN AWANCE r HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, RECREATION and DANCE PLANNING FACILITIES for ATHLET SAL EDUCATION and RECREATION REVISED 1985 The Athletic Institute American Alliance for Health 200 Castlewood Drive Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance North Palm Beach, FL 33408 1900 Association Drive and Reston, Virginia 22091 3 COVER PHOTOS: FRONT COVER TOP: The Stephen C. O'Connell Center at the Universityof Florida was completed in December a 1980 ata cost of $14.3 million. It supports practically all indoorsports activities in its 296,000 square feet. CENTER: Picture taken on July 9, 1984 of the firstevent to be held in the New Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis. The game featuring the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team versus the NBA All-Stars.Attracted more than 67,000 fans, setting a record for the most people to witness a basketball game. The 60,961seat Hoosier Dome was ccnstructed at a cost of $65 million and is now the home of the Indianapolis Coltscir the National Football League. Photo by R.B. Flynn. BOTTOM: Many consider the Natatoriumon the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis to be the finest facility of its kind in the world. Completed in 1983at a cost of $22 million, the state-of-the-art facility includes a 50-meter nine-lane competition pool, an 18-foot-deep diving pool withone, three, five, seven-and-one-half, and ten meter platforms, and a 50-meter six-lane instructional pool witha moveable floor. Several national and international competitions have been held here, including the 1984 AquaticOlympic trials. Photo by Indiana University-Purdue Univer- sity at Indianapolis ( IUPUI). BACK COVER: Natatorium at Indiana University-PurdueUniversity at Indianapolis ( IUPUI). Photo by IUPUI. Copyright 1985 The Athletic Institute and American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. All rights reserved. No part of this publicationmay be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording,or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers. Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 84-72630 ISBN 0-87670-096-2 Planning Facilities for Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation 4 FOREWORD At the meeting of the Board of Directors of the American is one illustration of the growing national interest in health, Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation inphysical education and recreation activities. Much of the Washington, D.C., in April, 1945, favorable action was taken research and attention devoted to facility planning and con- on a proposal by Caswell M. Miles, AAHPERD Vice-President struction during the past three decades has been due to the for Recreation, that a grant be obtained to finance a national increased leisure time in our society and a growing realiza- conference on facilities. Subsequentiyea request for $10,000 tion that recreation and especially physical activity, is a fun- to finance the first facilities workshop was placed beforedamental human need essential to the well-being of all Theodore P. Bank, president of The Athletic Institute. At a people. later meeting of the Board of Directors of The Athletic In- The Athletic Institute and AAHPERD Council on stitute, the project was approved and the money appropriated Facilities, Equipment, and Supplies initiated the 1979 revi- to finance the first workshop. sion of the Guide following a careful review of the 1974 edi- Thirty-eight years have elapsed since the printing of thetion. A blue ribbon Steering Committee was appointed and first Guide which resulted from the first workshop atEdward Coates of Ohio State University, and Richard B. Jackson's Mill, West Virginia, in December, 1946. Since thenFlynn of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, were selected there have been 14 printings of the Guide. as co-editors and contributing authors. Professionals well The second workshop was held May 5-12, 1958, at theknown for their expertise in facility planning and construc- Kellogg Center for Continuing Education at Michigan Statetion were invited to assist in a complete rewrite. University in East Lansing. The second workshop, be the This, the 1984 edition of Planning Facilities for first, was financed by The Athletic Institute. The 1956 edi-Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation represents tion of the Guide, which resulted frnm the second workshop, a continuing effort on the part of The AthleticInstitute and has been widely used in planning and constructing facilities.AAHPERD to keep the text current and relevant. Richard B. The 1963 edition was prepared by the third workshop,Flynn of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, was selected which was financed jointly by the AAHPER and The Athleticto be editor and contributing author. Flynn, recognized as Institute and was held January 15-24, 1965, at the Biddleone of the leading authorities in planning facilities for Continuing Education Center, Indiana University inathletics, physical education, and recreation, has contributed Bloomington. to the planning of facilitiesfor schools, colleges, Two years later, April 29-May 8,1967, another workshopmunicipalities, industry, military, and private clubs. Chapter was held at Indiana University. Among those invited wereinput was solicited from carefully chosen leaders in the field a number of outstanding college and t *al personnelas well as from outstanding architects. Efforts were made engaged in planning and conducting pri ns of athletics,to incorporate the most recent advances in facility planning recreation, outdoor education, and piloical and healthand construction. Certain program areas, such as planning education. In addition, invitations were extended to a numberfor the handicapped, were expanded while outdated or ir- of specialists responsible for planning and constructingrelevant materials were deleted. facilities for these programs. These specialists included city Since, over the years, so many professionals have con- planners, architects, landscape architects, engineers and tributed to th:s book, it does not represent any one person's