SEED RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

CENTRE
 INTRODUCTION

SEEDS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

• FOOD SECURITY

• QUALITY OF SEEDS

• BETTER AND FASTER YEILD

THESE RESEARCH LABS STAND AT A HIGH PLACE TO DEVELOP OUR NATION AS INDIAN ECONOMY IS
MAJORLY DEPENDENT ON AGRICULTURE AS THEY COME OUT WITH MUCH EFFICIENT SEED TYPE WITH
COMBBINATION OF LESS PESTICIDES AND MORE NATURAL MANURE

THEY ARE OF TWO TYPES

✤ CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES
✤FIELD LABORATORIES
• THE BASIC FACILITIES OF LABORATORIES
• One Room With Computer With Locker For Keeping Apron
•Working Place
•Layout Of Plant Tissue Culture
•Washing Room
•Sterilisation Room
•Media Preparation Room
•Inoculation Room
•Incubation Room.
•Skilled Labour
WASHING ROOM
The glassware washing area shall be located near the sterilization and media preparation areas.
Washing sink(45cm x 60cm) can be fitted in one side of Room and should be acidic and alkali resistant.
STERILISATION ROOM
The room should have One autoclave(vertical or horizontal) or cooker with well ventilated exhaust fan.
Also having tools for support while placing the media bottles in autoclave or cooker for sterilisation.
The bottles should sterilised At 1210C at 15 lb. for 1 hrs.
It contains wrapping paper to wrap and the rubber to tight the inoculating dishes for sterilisation.
MEDIA PREPARATION ROOM
The area shall be provided with working tables which should be up to 1.2 m wide and the height should be
850 mm - 900 mm.
Table top shall be covered with materials which are easily cleaned and which will stand disinfectant
solution.
INOCULATION ROOM
The floor of room covered with tiles to facilitate proper cleaning.
Room contains the laminar air flow cabinet with installation of a HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filter
for filtered air supply.
It also requires sodium hypochlorite, mercuric chloride and 70% alcohol for surface sterilization .
It requires forceps , scalpel, sterile bottles, sterile dishes, spirit lamp , cotton and hand care etc.
INCUBATION ROOM
The width of the racks should be 405 mm to 1 m. The distance between each layer of the racks should
be not less then 455 mm.
INSTRUMENT ROOM
Bottle washing machine and autoclave.
Freezer and Rotary shaker.
Multipurpose Magic stove.
Weighing balance, thermometer .
 STORAGE SEED WASHING ISOLATION RESEARCH AND
AND AND MEDIA ROOM DEVELOPMENT
DILUTION IN PREPARATION AUTOCLAVE & INOCULATION
CHEMICAL

CHAMBER
CULTURING &
MEDIA STORAGE
ROOM

INTERNAL FLOWCHART
OF A SEED RESEARCH
INSTITUTE PLANT GROWTH
GREEN HOUSE

COLD STORAGE

SORTING AND PLANTING MEDIA STERILIZATION INCUBBATION

 STERILE ZONE SEMI STERILE ZONE NON STERILE ZONES

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GREEN HOUSE ADMIN BLOCKS

LABS
INOCULATION ROOM SEED WASH ROOM WAITING AREA

ISOLATION ROOM INSTURUMENT ROOM CONFERENCE HALL

MEDIA PREP ROOM
OVEN ROOM
AUTOCLAVE

MEDIA STERILIZATION ROOM LIBRARY MEETING ROOM

PLANT GROWTH ROOM CHEIF SCIENTISTS ROOM WASHROOM

MEDIA STORE ROOM JUNIOR SCIENTISTS ROOMS

GRADING ROOM TROLLY STORE ROOM

COLD STORAGE ROOM CHANGING ROOM

CULTURE CHAMBER WASHROOMS

SPATIAL REQUIREMENT
 SERVICES
MECHANICAL VENTILATION NO NATURAL LIGHT
CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF LIGHT
CLEANER AIR

DUCTING SYSTEM ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PLUMBING SYSTEM

 MATERIALS

to be slip-resistant, non-staining, non-permeable / non-absorbent / moisture-proof, durable, easy to c

Other features that might be required:

abrasion resistant enough to take wheeled trolleys and/or forklift
trucks TYPICAL LABORATORY FLOORING OPTIONS:
durable enough to not puncture if sharp tools or equipment falls on it Vinyl - sheets or tiles
oil & grease resistant Ceramic tiles - tiles
hygienic
bacteriostatic
Linoleum - sheets or tiles
anti-microbial Rubber - sheets or tiles
resistance to biocides Self-levelling resin coatings - poured
electrostatic-dissipative Resin Screed - trowelled
able to withstand high or low temperatures
chemically resistant

RCC FRAMED
STRUCTURE GLASS PARTITIONS

SUGGESTED DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

OPEN FLOOR PLANS SOLAR CONTROLLED GLASS WIDE CORRIDORS

WINDOWS
SOLAR ROOFING FALL CEILING
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 SITE LOCATION:
•Bharath Nagar Colony, Kismatpur, Telangana
•Coordinates: 17.336365, 78.3964161
SITE SURROUNDINGS:
•NORTH: Empty land
•EAST: Musi river
•SOUTH: cultivation lands
•WEST: Cultivation lands
:SITE APPROACHABILITY:
•700M from nearest bus stop(Kismathpur)
•21Kms from nearest railway
station(Secunderabad Railway Station)
•20Kms from nearest airport (Rajeev Gandhi
international airport)
RELIEF MAP: SOIL TYPE AND GROUND WATER DEPTH:
•Mostly black soil is found in and around the site.
•Ground water depth is about 30-80 meters deep.
WIND DIRECTION: INFERENCES:
•Site location: hot and dry; design considerations
for hot and dry climate such as
oLarge windows
oInternal courtyards for cross ventilation
oRadiation barriers in form of chajjas, long
verandas
oOrienting the longer face of the building on
north- south axis.
•Site surroundings: micro climate is effected by the
adjacent lake on the east direction. Design and
materials should be chosen such that the building
HYDROLOGICAL PATTERN: Is not effected.
•Relief map: gradual slope: not much cut and fill is
required to level the level the site.
•Wind direction: maximum use of prevailing winds
should be done for cooling the interiors(non sterile
zones).
• Hydrological pattern: The regions where there is a
possibility of water logging should be
avoided(mostly the valleys).
•Soil type and groundwater depth: Suitable type of
soil and depth of water for seed research institute.