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Biotech Labs2

Deepa Mandrekar
Deepa Mandrekar

The document discusses how architects can expand their role to better support clients' business strategies by integrating diverse knowledge and helping visualize data. It also discusses the need for science facilities to foster interaction among researchers while controlling contamination risks. The proposed design includes open labs and connecting spaces to remove barriers while maintaining separate secure lab and animal housing areas, with an internal "street" providing views of gardens. The design emphasizes flexibility to adapt to changing science needs.

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It is no longer enough for architects to only offer their clients service in design and construction. In today's world, our clients expect an expanded range of services, and we are always looking for ways in which our skills can support our clients' overall business strategies. We see the role of the architect as the facilitator and integrator of the knowledge and disciplines necessary to serve those needs. Just as we are trained to integrate diverse inputs to create a building, we can apply those skills to integrate, explain, and visualize other forms of data that businesses depend on. Architects who wish to serve the growing scientific industry will need to learn from the scientists themselves, understanding their goals, and experiencing their frustrations with facilities that do not work
Modern research is done by teams, and teams need to meet, working together without architectural barriers Within facilities for science and biotechnology, scientists need a quiet, well equipped place to do research; they also need a place to interact with other scientists. Historically, the walls and barriers which have kept science labs in relative isolation have derived from safety concerns -- and a need for cleanliness. The laboratory environment has typically needed to be separated from the outside, either because it is cleaner and vulnerable to contamination from the outside, or more toxic and a source of possible contamination.
At the same time there is greater understanding of safety issues or greater environmental awareness. In fact, more than ever the budget of a lab facility today reflects expensive standards in the control of waste water, air stream emissions, hazardous chemicals and hazardous waste The technology of contamination control has improved. Spaces are pressurized and sealed to control the movement of contaminants, exhaust air is HEPA filtered and can be scrubbed, and fume hoods and bio-safety cabinets are used to isolate the sources. The technology of contamination control has improved. Spaces are pressurized and sealed to control the movement of contaminants, exhaust air is HEPA filtered and can be scrubbed, and fume hoods and bio-safety cabinets are used to isolate the sources. At the same time, science is trending towards miniaturization for much of its experiments, reducing the quantities of contaminants. The net result is a reduction of the hazards in the lab which can lead to greater freedom in planning the building.
Achieving the goal of scientific interaction
The design calls for a segregation of uses ...of the more open administrative areas, lobby, and caf辿 ...and the more secure laboratory spaces ...to the completely isolated animal house while retaining an overall sense of belonging to a larger whole greater openness, removing the walls and barriers and letting in sunlight and outside awareness. Open labs foster better communication and better teamwork.
We propose the elimination of corridors outside the laboratories, and the manipulation of floor plans so as to give rise to usable connecting spaces... These spaces would contain meeting alcoves where people would stop to exchange ideas or read the bulletin board.. We visualize bright sunlit corridors and common areas where vertical volumes of space intermix. Everyone travels here. picks up their mail, gets an espresso, uses a conference room or greets a visitor. our design envisages an internal street or pedestrian spine that looks out through glazed walls onto its own view of the gardens..
our design envisages an internal street or pedestrian spine that looks out through glazed walls onto its own view of the gardens..
Flexibility as a response to change
Science is a restless pursuit and change is inevitable. Science buildings must be able to respond to future needs, future techniques, and future technologies. The use of modular labs is one strategy, which assumes that basic people dimensions and ergonomics are a constant, so that a furniture layout can be based on a predictable work space module, even if the table-top equipment and experiments change, along with those who use them. Adaptable furniture is another technique for accommodating change. Countertops which can be adjusted in height to work for standing or sitting tasks, and under-counter casework modules which can be interchanged are designed to meet the individual needs of each researcher.
The Hypertrack process
For the task on hand we would like to employ what we call the hypertrack process. Instead of proceeding sequentially from programming to schematic design to design development to construction documents to construction administration much of the work can be done simultaneously. This will lead to considerable savings in time and cost
Using the hypertrack process, our firm proposes to bring the client, architect, consultants, engineers, and contractors into the architect's office for meetings right from the inception. As principals of their individual firms, the team can command the resources to get the job done and quickly analyze and make design decisions. We can develop simultaneous information about how much the project would cost, how it could be built, and how the phases would interact
With our prior experience of the design considerations for Biotech facilities we are confident that we will be able to translate the preferred conceptual model to reality as quickly as possible, and to introduce increased value rather than simply reduce time and cost.

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Biotech Labs2

  • 2. It is no longer enough for architects to only offer their clients service in design and construction. In today's world, our clients expect an expanded range of services, and we are always looking for ways in which our skills can support our clients' overall business strategies. We see the role of the architect as the facilitator and integrator of the knowledge and disciplines necessary to serve those needs. Just as we are trained to integrate diverse inputs to create a building, we can apply those skills to integrate, explain, and visualize other forms of data that businesses depend on. Architects who wish to serve the growing scientific industry will need to learn from the scientists themselves, understanding their goals, and experiencing their frustrations with facilities that do not work
  • 3. Modern research is done by teams, and teams need to meet, working together without architectural barriers Within facilities for science and biotechnology, scientists need a quiet, well equipped place to do research; they also need a place to interact with other scientists. Historically, the walls and barriers which have kept science labs in relative isolation have derived from safety concerns -- and a need for cleanliness. The laboratory environment has typically needed to be separated from the outside, either because it is cleaner and vulnerable to contamination from the outside, or more toxic and a source of possible contamination.
  • 4. At the same time there is greater understanding of safety issues or greater environmental awareness. In fact, more than ever the budget of a lab facility today reflects expensive standards in the control of waste water, air stream emissions, hazardous chemicals and hazardous waste The technology of contamination control has improved. Spaces are pressurized and sealed to control the movement of contaminants, exhaust air is HEPA filtered and can be scrubbed, and fume hoods and bio-safety cabinets are used to isolate the sources. The technology of contamination control has improved. Spaces are pressurized and sealed to control the movement of contaminants, exhaust air is HEPA filtered and can be scrubbed, and fume hoods and bio-safety cabinets are used to isolate the sources. At the same time, science is trending towards miniaturization for much of its experiments, reducing the quantities of contaminants. The net result is a reduction of the hazards in the lab which can lead to greater freedom in planning the building.
  • 5. Achieving the goal of scientific interaction
  • 6. The design calls for a segregation of uses ...of the more open administrative areas, lobby, and caf辿 ...and the more secure laboratory spaces ...to the completely isolated animal house while retaining an overall sense of belonging to a larger whole greater openness, removing the walls and barriers and letting in sunlight and outside awareness. Open labs foster better communication and better teamwork.
  • 7. We propose the elimination of corridors outside the laboratories, and the manipulation of floor plans so as to give rise to usable connecting spaces... These spaces would contain meeting alcoves where people would stop to exchange ideas or read the bulletin board.. We visualize bright sunlit corridors and common areas where vertical volumes of space intermix. Everyone travels here. picks up their mail, gets an espresso, uses a conference room or greets a visitor. our design envisages an internal street or pedestrian spine that looks out through glazed walls onto its own view of the gardens..
  • 8. our design envisages an internal street or pedestrian spine that looks out through glazed walls onto its own view of the gardens..
  • 9. Flexibility as a response to change
  • 10. Science is a restless pursuit and change is inevitable. Science buildings must be able to respond to future needs, future techniques, and future technologies. The use of modular labs is one strategy, which assumes that basic people dimensions and ergonomics are a constant, so that a furniture layout can be based on a predictable work space module, even if the table-top equipment and experiments change, along with those who use them. Adaptable furniture is another technique for accommodating change. Countertops which can be adjusted in height to work for standing or sitting tasks, and under-counter casework modules which can be interchanged are designed to meet the individual needs of each researcher.
  • 12. For the task on hand we would like to employ what we call the hypertrack process. Instead of proceeding sequentially from programming to schematic design to design development to construction documents to construction administration much of the work can be done simultaneously. This will lead to considerable savings in time and cost
  • 13. Using the hypertrack process, our firm proposes to bring the client, architect, consultants, engineers, and contractors into the architect's office for meetings right from the inception. As principals of their individual firms, the team can command the resources to get the job done and quickly analyze and make design decisions. We can develop simultaneous information about how much the project would cost, how it could be built, and how the phases would interact
  • 14. With our prior experience of the design considerations for Biotech facilities we are confident that we will be able to translate the preferred conceptual model to reality as quickly as possible, and to introduce increased value rather than simply reduce time and cost.