Systems Building for Campus Facilities.
The "systems approach" is the current in-phrase in the building and design field, as in many other professions and disciplines. This curious meld of holistic thinking, anticipatory planning, incremental analysis, and testing helps us understand more fully how things work alone and together and how to use the pieces in new and more goal-oriented ways. It manifests itself as "systems building" in the building and design professions and cites a growing list of successful applications, especially in educational facilities. In July, 1970, the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, commissioned the Architecture Research Center of Texas A&M University's College of Architecture and Environmental Design to undertake a year-long study of possible benefits in cost, time, and utilization of a systems building approach for Texas's college and university construction. The study was supported by a comprehensive planning grant from the U.S. Office of Education.'