CEMP-ET
TI 804-01
1 July 1998
employees to be housed within the facility. As an example, The following list defines the
activities to be included in the Community Center ADP.
(a) Commissary.
(b) Guest housing.
(c) Credit union.
(d) Bank.
(e) Convenient parking for new facilities.
(f) Safe, convenient vehicular circulation.
(g) Open space for separation of activities.
(h) Open space for future development.
(i) Safe, convenient, direct access for service vehicles.
(j) Separate pedestrian and vehicular circulation.
(k) Protect environmentally sensitive areas.
(3) Functional Relationships. The functional relationships of the proposed facilities
must be defined so that they can be organized within the plan. This process consists of
analyzing the interactions between facilities and activities to determine whether a given pair
need to be linked or separated in order to function properly and be compatible.
(a) Functional Relationship Diagrams. The desired functional relationships are
defined graphically through the use of Functional Relationships Diagrams. These diagrams
organize facilities into ideal arrangements, based upon their interdependence. The diagram
delineates the best locations for facilities in relation to each other, irrespective of site
considerations. These diagrams can be developed as matrices or as "bubble diagrams". The
two types of functional relationships diagrams are illustrated in figures 2-2 and 2-3 and further
defined as follows:
1/ Bubble Diagrams are drawn to scale to define the size of the various
activities as well as their interrelationships. In a bubble diagram, each bubble is connected
with lines which illustrate the importance of the relationship to each other and whether
connection or separation is appropriate. The bubble diagram approach is recommended
because it provides a visual analysis of the desired relationships. The result of the bubble
diagrams is a spatial relationship of the functional requirements. This relationship determines
if the program requirements fit on the selected site. A bubble diagram may be developed
through the following steps:
a/ Delineate the approximate size of the primary facility in a bubble or block.
2-3
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