Lobby Security Equipment. The A/E shall incorporate
non-prescription screening devices into the lobby
entrance design. In historic building entrance lobbies,
where feasible, security processing equipment should be
located in an ancillary space. Equipment that must be
installed in historic lobbies should be of a low profile
variety, consolidated with other equipment to minimize
bulk, and placed carefully to avoid altering the original
spatial configuration of the lobby. See First Impressions
Program.
Courts and Plazas. The most important consideration in
designing exterior plazas and public spaces is the future
potential use of those spaces. Potential uses should
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include shared and alternate uses. The team should
discuss with potential users how they would like to use
the space, in order to incorporate appropriate amenities,
relate outdoor areas to inside uses (e.g., like dining
Retail Shops. Generally, retail shops should be located on
facilities), accommodate traffic to and from the building,
the non-secure side of the lobby. Exceptions could exist
and provide for regular programmed use of the spaces
where commercial establishments serve the building
and special events, as appropriate. Consideration should
population only. Some buildings may have multiple levels
be given to different areas of a public plaza which would
of retail around an atrium. In that case, the security
be appropriate for different types and intensities of public
checkpoint should be located at the elevator lobby.
activity. Potential users of the space would include not
Designers should coordinate opportunities for retail with
only the building tenants, but also persons in neighboring
the Retail Tenant Services Center of Expertise as well as
properties as well as organizations, such as performing
the Center for Urban Development.
arts or vending organizations, that might assist GSA in
bringing activities into the space. The treatment of
section of this chapter and Chapter 8. Elevator control
seating, shade, water, art, bollards, and the space's
panels must have lockout provisions for all floors
flexibility are important to supporting appropriate uses.
(passenger and freight).
Plazas should be designed with electrical outlets, and
other simple infrastructure, to support future flexibility
Mechanical and Electrical Spaces. Access to mechanical
and a wide range of uses.
and electrical spaces should be from the inside of the
building, located on the secure side of the (potential)
security point in the building lobby.
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