KAUST laboratories

Believe or not but from time to time I work and I spend some time in laboratories. KAUST labs are design in very modern way. They have here eight building and all of them look identical from outside. Here are four of them. On the right brown building is where I am.

Other four are on left part of the campus. They are three stories high and there is one more level below the ground. Above each floor they have mechanical half height floors which house all utilities. 

Core of each building have open concept offices 

 and behind the glass they have laboratories. About half of the lab space right now is still waiting for occupants. Every new laboratory is getting empty space and lab is prepared for them using standard moveable furniture and all supplies (Water, electricity, gasses) are dropped down from mezzanine above.

Here is some inhabited space waiting to be fitted out.

and here some labs already done

All infrastructure is drop down from mezzanine above. I like exhausts from glowboxes in the left upper corner. All furniture are on wheels and movable. They come from Spain company Flores Valles and they are not inexpensive but very well made. 

My labs in SABIC are a little bit different. We do not have half space between floors but we have also offices separated from labs by glass walls. So no fire separation but do we need it when sprinklers will do the job.  

and here is my mechanical room. 

It is is five time bigger from D'Iorio mechanical room. And we will have about 20 fume hoods in the building.

And finally there is really beautiful place here, KAUST library. Just see yourself