Is the Atrium More Important Than the Lab? Designer Buildings for New Cultures of Creativity

Albena Yaneva*

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Abstract

Responding to criticism that the pioneers of laboratory studies have neglected the architecture of science labs and have failed to consider the importance of space for scientific practices, a few authors have recently shown an interest in the design and planning process of science buildings. They have convincingly demonstrated the extent to which the power of laboratories depends on sequestrations achieved with walls and doors and have explored how architecture might challenge or compromise the cognitive authority of experimental science (Galison & Thompson, 1999; Gieryn, 1998; Murphy, 2006; Shapin, 1998).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGeographies of Science
EditorsPeter Meusburger, David Livingstone, Heike Jöns
Place of PublicationDordrecht
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages139-151
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)9789048186112
ISBN (Print)9789048186105
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Jun 2010

Publication series

NameKnowledge and Space
Volume3
ISSN (Print)1877-9220
ISSN (Electronic)2543-0580

Keywords

  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • laboratory building
  • laboratory design
  • Salk Institute
  • science building

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