Standards
The following space standards have been used as general guidelines
at the Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City and at OU-Tulsa.
The purpose of the space standards is to ensure proper
design and utilization of existing space in the general categories
listed below.
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Instructional Space
Classrooms |
| Typical, single level |
15 nasf/station |
| Lecture/auditorium |
12 nasf/station |
| Seminar/multipurpose |
20 nasf/station
|
Standard:
- room in use 55 - 63 hours per
week, 55 for weekdays/evenings, 63 including weekends
- 80% stations occupied
|
| Class Laboratories |
| Discipline dependent |
70 - 120 nasf/station |
| Computer |
35 nasf/station
|
Standard:
- room in use 40 hours per week
- 80% stations occupied
|
| Office Space (excluding 35 nasf
support space/FTE) |
| Administrative/Executive Officer |
225 nasf/FTE private |
| Admin Director/Department Chair |
160 nasf/FTE private |
| Faculty /Professional/Sr Staff |
135 nasf/FTE private |
| Staff Office |
110 nasf/FTE open or private |
| Secretarial |
110 nasf/FTE open or shared |
| Technical Staff |
100 nasf/FTE shared or private |
| Clerical Workstation |
75 nasf/FTE open or shared |
| Fellows, Post Docs |
68 nasf/FTE shared |
| Doctoral Students |
44 nasf/FTE shared |
|
Standard:
- actual space assigned will
vary based on 1) degree of privacy; 2) faculty, staff
or student
level; 3) activity; and 4) functions/characteristics
of design
|
| Research Space |
| Wet Lab Module |
300 - 900 sf |
| With office |
450 - 1050 sf
|
Standard:
- research support space = 35% of laboratory space
- areas with heavy wet bench research may require at least 40% support space
|
Conference/Meeting Spaces
Conference Room (boardroom style) |
| Small |
seats 6-8 |
250 sf |
| Medium |
seats 10-14 |
500 sf |
| Large |
seats 16-24 |
900 sf
|
Compiled by Facilities Management/Capital Planning - OKC
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The space standards were developed, in part, using the Oklahoma
State Regents for Higher Education Utilization of Academic
Space and Space Inventory Analysis, the University of Oklahoma
Space Evaluation and Planning Models, Health Sciences Center
Space Evaluation and Planning Models, the OUHSC Research
Space Allocation Models and the Space Planning Guidelines
for Institutions of Higher Education by the Council of Educational
Facility Planners, International.
Revised
August 9, 2004