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Laboratory
Design News Release
Lab
Design for New Anatomy Lab Completed and Occupied
Lab Design for New Anatomy Lab Results in
Successful Anatomy Lab Project
A lab design for a new anatomy, by lab architect Bernstein &
Associates Architects, has resulted in a successful, completed
installation. This anatomy lab design, for a university in
Connecticut, is now 100% completed and being used by the
university’s students for its intended purpose.
Anatomy lab design requires a thorough understanding of the
unique needs and challenges of a large space where medical and
allied healthcare profession students learn about physiology
through actual, physical dissection. Imagine an environment
where you have 100 anatomy students, working in one large room,
on multiple dissections, and you will start to envision the
challenges facing an architect of an anatomy lab.
So well-known lab design Bernstein & Associates, Architects
(http://www.bernarch.com/Labs.htm) approached the design of a
new university anatomy lab with a view to creating a
state-of-the-art lab that would meet the particular needs of
this university lab building type.
The first step in the lab design process was a careful look at
the existing anatomy lab. The reason? First to evaluate the
pluses and minuses of the existing lab. And second, because the
new lab was proposed for the same location as the existing lab,
it was important to determine how the new lab could be built in
a way that would minimize the period of time that the university
would not have a functioning anatomy lab.
Following the due diligence of looking at existing conditions,
the architect drew up a written Program, summarizing the
room-by-room requirements of the lab. Once approved, there were
numerous lab design meetings with the university administration
and the anatomy lab department, to review adjacency and flow
concepts, as well as the appropriate size for each of the lab
components.
The design of the anatomy lab that resulted, incorporates the
following lab components in a logical relationship and
room-to-room flow: the main anatomy lab itself with 25
worktables designed for 6 students at each table, male and
female locker rooms, faculty office, virtual anatomy computer
lab, general storage room and av storage room.
The overall finishes of the lab space are designed for maximum
durability. Within the lab, there are two plumbing hose bibs, to
allow the university to bring in spray washers and spray wash
the entire lab space, including floors, walls and ceilings. This
potential water saturation of all surfaces dictated not only an
extensive floor drain system, but also waterproof surfaces and
light fixtures, as well as ground fault interrupters on all
electrical outlets.
The mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems are
sophisticated, in keeping with the demanding nature of anatomy
lab usage. The HVAC system is designed as a laminar flow system,
with air distributed from the ceiling and exhausted through low
returns in the wall (similar to the HVAC design of operating
rooms and clean rooms). All of the electrical as mentioned had
to be waterproof, including flex-coil outlets suspended from the
ceiling. The plumbing system is critical for hand-washing,
instrument washing, and drainage of the entire space in a safe
manner. Lighting in particular was developed with multiple
lighting levels, to allow alternate uses of the space requiring
high vs. low ambient lighting levels.
All-in-all, state-of-the-art anatomy lab, resulting from careful
study of this university lab building type, as well as close
coordination between architect, engineer, university
administration and anatomy lab teaching staff.
For more information about the design, architecture and
engineering of state-of-the-art anatomy labs, including the
design of virtual anatomy labs, please contact well-known lab
architect, Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Contact lab architect Bernstein & Associates, Architects as
follows:
New York (Headquarters)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway-803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com
Hartford
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-237-3750
F: 860-237-3751
Email: info@bernarch.com
Princeton
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-241-7370
F: 609-241-7371
Email: info@bernarch.com
Los Angeles
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-568-4610
F: 213-568-4611
Email: info@bernarch.com
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