| Title |
A Case Study on Characteristics of Research Laboratory Indoor Spaces |
| DOI |
http://doi.org/10.14774/JKIID.2022.31.5.054 |
| Keywords |
Research Laboratory; Case Study; Space Layout; Chemical-Based Laboratory; Bio-Based Laboratory |
| Abstract |
A research laboratory, the facility for professionally conducting research and experiments, has different functions and forms depending on its purpose. The space layout of the research laboratory and its surrounding facilities, which are the main indoor spatial elements of the research laboratory, is also affected by scientific technology. The purpose of this study is to investigate the space layout of the laboratory and to figure out the characteristics of the laboratory and its surrounding facilities that change with the times. This study analyzed the characteristics of the research laboratories focusing on the laboratory space, lab support space, and building equipments. 16 Chemical and 4 bio based laboratories established from 1960s and 2010s were choosen as the survey subjects. As a result, the following results were derived. Early laboratories had small and closed forms with customized space composition for specific purposes. It is safe in terms of security, but difficult to exchange with other laboratories, and expand and change the laboratory. Laboratories after 1990 have small and closed forms as in the initial form of the laboratories, but there have been new cases in which variability is considered, such as planning some medium-to-large-sized laboratories or planning building equipments outside the buildings. After 2000, there were many examples of the space layout that planned variability so that it could apply to various purposes. By planning a large open-type laboratory that can be used by multiple teams at the same time, active exchanges between researchers became possible, and the building equipmens were concentrated in one place to respond to future changes. In the future, it is necessary to accumulate case analysis data for the laboratories through continuous research studies, and studies of flexible plan composition that can change the offices and the laboratories used by many to the laboratory for the recent infectious disease COVID-19 will also be an important research task. |