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4 Analysis and Recommendations: Improving the Quality of Federal Building Design
4 Analysis and Recommendations: Improving the Quality of Federal Building Design
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Second, there are those that may require congressional action, including a proposal to establish a centralized institutional focus for design quality advocacy in the federal sector. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AGENCY ACTION Many of the actions proposed in the Woods Hole workshop to enhance quality of design in federal buildings can be taken by individual agencies operating within the scope of their current programs.
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, _ significant projects may warrant the use of reviewers who are Design Evaluation The federal government could improve the efficiency of its design and construction programs by developing and implementing appropriate methods of post-occupancy design evaluation. The knowledge gained in these postoccupancy evaluations, conducted by teams that include the original pro~rammers and designers, agency staff, and independent consultants should 24
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The existing National Endowment for the Arts' Presidential Design Awards and the Department of Defense's Awards for Design Excellence programs are commendable, but the need for greater emphasis on quality warrants additional awards programs. Building Approval and General Management Overly restrictive design criteria and guidelines limit designers' flexibility and may inhibit achievement of design quality in federal buildings.
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The Public Building Acts of 1926 and 1930 again authorized the Treasury Department to acquire private design services, and Depression spurred demands by private architects for a share of the government's design work. Administrative turmoil and retrenchment under the New Deal led in 1939 to creation of the Public Buildings Administration (PBA)
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Reflecting on this history of federal activities in building design, the committee doubts that any new federal institution can assume centralized design policy authority or that any existing institution can expand its scope of interest to encompass all of the agencies responsible for producing federal buildings. At the same time, the committee endorses the Woods Hole workshop's sentiment that there is a need for more visible advocacy for design quality in federal building programs.
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The three presidentially-appointed members of the Council and a small professional staff review trends in the nation's environmental quality, appraise the environmental consequences of the federal government's various programs and policies, and prepare an annual report on their findings and recommendations for national policy. The CEQ also serves as the central coordinating agency for processing of environmental impact statements required to assess and document the likely consequences of major federal actions having significant impact on the environment.
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General Management of Design Inappropriate design criteria and poorly constructed guidelines have negative impact on the design quality of federal buildings. Federal agencies should review carefully their building design criteria documents 29
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Design quality is achieved when the balance between performance and costs reflects effectively the needs of the building's owner and users and the best that current building technology and creative designers can deliver.
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The Federal Presence - Architecture, Politics, and National Design. MIT Press, Cambridge, 1984.
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