KING COUNTY (WA) - ANALYSIS OF PRESENT SPACE USE AND LONG-TERM FACILITY NEEDS OF THE SUPERIOR COURT - CRIMINAL COURTS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT

• NCJ Number: 39677
• Author(s): F M WONG; R WONG
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 31 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-013-76
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: American University
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

REPORT, DATED OCTOBER 1976, OF A FEDERALLY FUNDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT TO IMPROVE FACILITY PROBLEMS EXISTING IN THE KING COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

Abstract

SHORT-TERM FACILITY NEEDS OF SUPERIOR COURT WERE EVALUATED. AVAILABLE SPACE OCCUPIED BY AND ASSIGNED TO THE SUPERIOR COURT WAS ANALYZED FOR SUITABILITY AND ADEQUACY. FUNCTIONAL AND SPATIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURT WERE ESTABLISHED AND APPLIED TO THE PLANNING AND ANALYSIS PROCESS. FLOOR PLANS OF THE THIRD, NINTH AND TENTH FLOORS WERE PREPARED AT SUITABLE SCALE (THESE ARE INCLUDED IN THE TEXT), AND PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF ADDING SEVERAL COURTROOMS AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES WERE DEVELOPED. ANALYSIS WAS MADE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE SPACE, THE LARGE PRESIDING JUDGE'S COURTROOM AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES, THE JURY ASSEMBLY FACILITIES, THE COURT COMMISSIONERS' HEARING ROOMS AND OFFICES ON THE SIXTH FLOOR, THE FAMILY AND DISTRICT COURT FACILITIES ON THE THIRD FLOOR, AND THE VACANT SPACE ON THE TENTH FLOOR. THIS REPORT CONTAINS AN ANALYSIS OF THESE AREAS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON IMPROVING THE USE OF EXISTING SPACE FOR FUTURE USE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...KAP