Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa March/April 2014 | Page 59
Visitors and staff to the
laboratory enter the
building from the north with
vertical circulation provided
by lifts and a stair case
RECEPTION
LIFT AND STAIR ACCESS
The magnetic fields generated by the lifts
were measured before a specification was
drafted to ensure that no magnetic fields were
detected in the microscopy laboratory located
near to the lifts.
Change rooms, showers and lockers are
located on each floor for laboratory technicians.
Access to the vertical service shafts for
maintenance is external (from service walkways
with restricted card access) away from the
operational areas of the laboratories.
Flexibility and Adaptability
A modular planning grid was developed
from the ergonomic space norm to allow safe
movement between the laboratory benches
and the space requirements for the depth
of the benches. This was developed from
CONFERENCE ROOMS LEAD OFF THE ENTRANCE LOBBY ON EACH FLOOR
Sasol Infrachem
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