PURPOSELY DESIGNED LABORATORY SPACE

Consultation Services

We can help you evaluate the suitability of site or existing facilities for your laboratory project or test fit a site that you are looking at.

Programming – it all starts with establishing what you need to build.  This step is crucial as the basis for site selection and development into design. We work with your team in interactive interviews to establish specific requirements for each space using customized questionnaires and data sheets. This is used to project space needs.

Feasibility Studies – To help you determine the feasibility of a certain site or existing space, we will access space needed to accommodate your program, adequacy of floor-to-floor heights to accommodate distribution of mechanical, plumbing and electrical/IT systems required for the modern laboratory; structural column and window spacing for appropriate laboratory modules for efficient layout of workstations and equipment and adequacy of existing structural systems to meet the vibration criteria of any sensitive scientific instrumentation. From these surveys we can make recommendations for occupancies in new construction and or renovated facilities.

Master Planning – Is your laboratory one phase in an overall campus or even one building?  We will help you develop a roadmap for construction in your campus or building.

Test Fits & Space Planning – We will assist in your evaluation of a building for your lab space before you sign that lease. Starting with a short program, we will create simple space plans to test the existing location making sure that the space will accommodate your equipment, people and processes along with a system for growth.

Design and Construction

We partner with clients and other architects to provide lab planning and design. We will tailor our services to meet your needs for the project. Our approach to designing laboratory spaces is highly collaborative. We actively seek input from all project stakeholders including faculty members, researchers, administrators, maintenance personnel, and environmental health and safety officers – as well as the other members of the design team. Intelligent discourse amongst professionals leads to solutions which are greater than the knowledge of any one individual.

Scientia designs are responsible to our clients’ budgets, long-term needs, and aspirations. We create appropriate design solutions that will maximize our clients’ resources for the anticipated lifetime of each project. We search for solutions that minimize energy usage, use material resources carefully, and are durable to maximize utility. Scientia’s laboratory designs are conscience of the needs of faculty, students, and researchers who work in spaces we have designed. We carefully follow safety regulations, guidelines, and recommendations that protect users from the hazards of scientific work.

Our construction document drawing for a single laboratory space typically contains hundreds of pieces of information to convey the critical information needed for construction, project costing and MEP coordination.

We offer full range of architectural services from design through construction administration. We offer post occupancy evaluation that help your team adapt to new designs as well as each learn from project challenges.

With four primary markets – academic, clinical, life science and R&D – our combined experience totals over 3 million square feet in laboratory space alone. Our depth of experience allows us to examine new ideas in laboratory planning and design, while evaluating them against our previous experience for best practices.

Every project is an opportunity to learn something new about science, pedagogy, safety, or construction. By learning and discovering together with our clients, we deepen our collective knowledge of laboratory design issues. Research is continually changing and expanding into new areas.  We keep ourselves updated on emerging requirements and trends by partnering with our clients and discovering together.