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The new planning paradigm for research buildings is to start with the core labs and plan the building around those. The trend in academic research facilities is more dry-lab space and less wet-lab space. For a lab floor or zone with 60 people, plan on 6 bathrooms of which two have showers. For serious chemical-spill emergencies people still want privacy when they strip off their clothes to jump into an emergency shower. Transparency continues to be a big feature of the modern research environment – open labs, glass doors on meeting rooms, interior glass walls, and putting science in display to the public. And to document traffic flows in a building for planning purposes, take time-of-day photos of traffic areas and look who is there.
- From Tradeline's Research Facilities 2008 Conference
- From Tradeline's Research Facilities 2008 Conference
