Over the last decades, our team has helped school and universities science labs for the development of STEM to create a future scientist. What we should notice about school and university labs is not only equipment or decorations, but how thoughtful the lab design is to support both teaching and experiments.
But if there are some aspects such as non-standard benches, complicated utilities, and unclear safety zones that feel teachers feeling constrained, students feeling unsafe, experiments slowing down, and maintenance costs being expensive.
But what makes a school lab work properly and safely?
- Workstation and lighting: Every lab should maintain lighting no less than 300 lux and use a surface that avoids eye invisibility so students can clearly work on it.
- Material selection: The selection of furniture such as bench, chair, wall, floors should be standard and chemical resistant due to safe work.
- Clear spacing and pathways: To ensure that students can view demonstrations properly, school labs should employ surfaces that prevent glare and maintain illumination of at least 300 lux.
- Rounded table edges: Rounded table edges could be the best option for your table due to having safety around students.
You may create a lab that genuinely promotes teaching, research, and safety by basing your design on these criteria.
As we know, school labs have to be safe and convenient for every student who does research and works there. Here’s how can you ensure school lab design is reliable and have longer longevity:
- Start listing what your teaching needs such as equipment and lab furniture
- Consult your design laboratory with an expert such as someone who works at lab furniture manufacture and a drafter to fulfill what your needs
- A safe lab isn’t just built; it’s lived. Do training within your lab assistant.
As a company that has handled school and university labs for more than 25 years, we want to make a lab not just good but also keep students and staff safe and convenient to work in or do research.