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In the comfort station we have another facility that should not be taken seriously as a landscape or architectural feature until every demand of sanitation and practical need has been properly met. Economy in fulfilment of these requirements makes absurd any indulgence of a too impetuous urge to dress up the structure. The comfort station that is not a part of a building housing other park facilities is very properly so subordinated by location that there is no reason for embellishing the structure to a studiously park-like character. The preferable and usually more effective alternative is to screen both building and approach to it by planting and through careful choice of site. The comfort station is often incorporated in a park building that combines other park needs. Linked up with a shelter or concession building, or as part of a multiple-use building designated as administration, it is forced to a certain elaborateness of dress that as a half hidden separate entity, it does not require. The paramount practical need of proper sanitation implies first of all thorough knowledge of, and strict compliance with, laws, ordinances and other regulatory provisions of governing and jurisdictional agencies. Beyond these are other considerations which may not be disregarded. If the comfort station is located where freezing temperatures prevail during the winter months, and if during that seasons it is not to be heated, there must be provision for ready and complete drainage of water from all piping and fixtures. The importance of smooth and impervious materials for floors, walls, partitions and other such interior surfaces should not be minimized. Funds tend to be scant enough for the cleaning and maintenance of readily cleaned and durable materials, and are certainly hopelessly less than adequate for the upkeep of materials without such merits. Ease of cleaning will determine the degree of cleanliness that will prevail over the long run. In consequence, any conscious effort at rusticity in suiting the exterior of the comfort station to park environment, should be just as consciously forsworn on the interior. Equipment and materials conforming to present day standards of sanitation should be adopted for all details. The corresponding Integration of Resource Management Applications (IRMA) NPS Data Store reference is Great Smoky Mountains National Park Restrooms.对于公共卫生间（comfort station）这类设施而言，唯有充分满足所有卫生与实用需求后，其景观性或建筑性才值得被纳入考量范畴。为满足上述需求而秉持的经济性原则，使得任何急于为该建筑过度装饰的冲动都显得荒诞无稽。若公共卫生间并非依附于承载其他园区设施的独立建筑，则其选址本就具有从属属性，并无必要将其装饰为刻意贴合园区风格的样貌。更为可取且通常更具实效的方案，是通过植物造景与精心选址，将该建筑及其入口区域加以遮蔽。公共卫生间常被整合进兼具其他园区功能的复合建筑中。若与休憩亭或特许经营建筑相连，或作为行政综合建筑的组成部分，那么该设施便需要一定程度的装饰；但作为半隐蔽的独立设施时，则无需如此。保障合规卫生的首要实际需求，首先意味着需全面掌握并严格遵守主管与管辖机构出台的法律、条例及其他监管规定。除此以外，尚有其他不容忽视的考量因素。若公共卫生间所处区域冬季气温会降至冰点，且冬季不供暖，则必须设置可快速排空所有管道与卫生器具内积水的防冻排水设施。地板、墙面、隔断及其他内部饰面采用光滑防渗材料的重要性不应被低估。易清洁且耐用的材料的清洁与养护资金本就相对有限，而对于不具备上述特性的材料，其养护所需的资金更是远远不足。清洁便利性将决定长期运营中的卫生保障水平。因此，任何试图让公共卫生间外观契合园区乡野氛围的刻意设计，在内部设计中都应同样予以摒弃。所有细节均应采用符合当代卫生标准的设备与材料。资源管理应用集成系统（Integrated Resource Management Applications，IRMA）下属的美国国家公园管理局（National Park Service，NPS）数据存储库中，对应的参考条目为大烟山国家公园公厕。