Floor Plan Research Lab Layout

Laboratory design from the editors of r d magazine.

Floor plan research lab layout.

Laboratory design construction and renovation. The design of a laboratory facility can be a major factor in its success. Asbestos and other regulated building materials. A well designed lab can be more efficient quieter more attractive and cheaper than one with design related problems.

Three dimensional lab module the three dimensional lab module planning concept combines the basic lab module or a two directional lab module with any lab corridor arrangement for each floor of a building. Workshopping with those who will be using the area themselves is essential since the lab can be tailored to what the research requires and superfluous elements can be quickly identified. For experimental spaces sketch out the dimensions of laboratory grade furniture benches desks equipment shelves wash areas on the architectural floor plan. In addition floor standing centrifuges are noisy and dangerous as are large irradiators and will often require a room with a lockable door.

An extensive period of pre planning is vital to the design of a lab. Lab safety surveys and inspections. The guide includes helpful checklists for various teaching and storage spaces chemical hygiene plans and articles related to safe laboratory design. Simon who until recently was a lab member at rockefeller university in new york studying biophysics developed the methodology for an experimental research project he calls evolving floor.

Laboratory risk assessment tool. Accident and injury reporting. This means that a three dimensional lab module can have a single corridor arrangement on one floor a two corridor layout on another and.