Performance Considerations for Laboratories:
Units
Lab Modules
Conditions
Physical Conditions
Social Conditions
Planning /
Organization
Adjacencies
Flexibilities
Engineering
Systems
Coordination
Structural systems
Mechanical systems
Electrical systems
Plumbing
Accommodating flexibility
(planning for the future)
> Basic, 2-directional, 3-dimensional
> Floor-to-Ceiling clear space
> Light intensities (direct/indirect/controlled)
> Clean zones (will the lab require a
Vivarium?)
> Open vs Closed labs
> Public/private gradients
> Lab adjacencies with researcher office,
staff office, lab support, and storage.
> Location of equipment
> Equipment zones (fixed and/or
moveable?)
> Mobile casework
> Generic vs Specificity of labs
> Overhead service carriers for piping,
electric, data, lighting, exhaust
> Coordination with Lab Module
> Potential for horizontal and vertical
expansion
> Coordination with Lab Module
> Coordination with Module organization
> Mechanical vs Passive
> Possible effects on building exterior
> 3 systems: Normal Power Circuits,
Emergency Power Generators (fridges,
freezers, fume hoods, animals), and
Uninterruptible Power Supply (data
recording, computers, vivaria)
> Coordination of artificial lighting with
natural
> Telecommuncations / Data flexibility
> Flexibilities
> Coordination with Location of wash
stations, clean zones
> Interstitial space between floors
> Service corridors
> Equipment hookup locations
> Fume hood attachment/detachment
> Empty space for future HVAC, plumbing,
electrical