- Unique public placemaking architecture that draws people to it. Considering opportunities for public event forums and/or civic education programs give hands-on learning opportunities and promotes civic pride.
- Incorporating public art into the courthouse design
- Daylight / transparency of space: makes the experience more welcoming and more comfortable, less stressful for public visitors and those who work in the courthouse.
- Integrate the technology and security into the experience / design in a user-friendly manner.
- Use the courthouse design to help the court system overcome a few of their key hurdles with the public:
- Improve public trust and confidence
- Integrate security in a welcoming, yet safe-feeling way
- Needs to be a system the public feels they can rely on
- Provide more transparency of the justice system
- Improve public access and accommodation
- Better use of Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation to reduce judicial workloads through flexible spaces that meet the long-term needs of the court.
