Designing out waste can be achieved with clever and simple use of materials, eg.
Its downside for humans is that in the context of the human lifespan it is very slow.We do not have the luxury of a million years to size our factories.
However, neither should we now be constrained by the size of a human, a building or by the relatively recent economic dogma..I don’t think we can credibly argue that capitalism has not been a key enabler in the rapid technological advancements of the last two to three hundred years.And when we talk about capitalism, we cannot ignore the name Adam Smith.
The problem I have with the way we’ve taken Smith’s thoughts and works is that it is piecemeal and skewed – we’ve latched onto some of his insights without exploring them more widely.He was one of the first theorists to develop the idea of the economy of scale.
How making things bigger, growing operations tends toward greater economic efficiency.
He was right, in some circumstances.This practice means that, if new laboratory equipment is introduced throughout the design period (as is often the case), it can be categorised into the correct functional space within the flow diagram and inputted into the lab design layout with confidence that there is a design basis for its location..
Client laboratory equipment.The client should carry out a cost benefit analysis of the requested laboratory equipment, as overpromising on lab equipment early on can lead to issues with laboratory design layout and services down the line.
Therefore, a considered approach to the requirements provided by the lab users should be implemented.Understanding why a piece of laboratory equipment is requested can determine if it’s necessary, or if its process can be combined with another piece of equipment and managed from a user perspective.