General Session: 2010 and beyond: The sciences, research processes, and distinctive facility features

We are in the midst of a fundamental change in the way research is done, and that has radical implications for research facilities. By 2010 even five-year-old standard lab designs and concepts will be uncompetitive with respect to recruitment, instrumentation support, and research productivity. Dr. Richard Rietz identifies the big science changes to plan f or and illustrates the special features of labs for 2010 and beyond that will be required – features such as quasi-labs, grey zones, wide-open floor plans, dry-lab predominance, core laboratory zones, scientific computing, special instrument rooms, visualization, simulation, telepresencing, and reuse capability

• Richard Rietz, - Independent Strategic Lab Planner