THE LABORATORY / PHOTOGRAPHIC BUILD RECORD

Built, not imagined.

An unused tiled shower. A handmade timber frame. A controlled research enclosure. Five chapters, told with original construction photographs.

This series records the development of a small independent botanical research environment: from an unused tiled basement space to a proposed, instrumented observational laboratory. It is a build history, not a set of certified engineering instructions or a report of completed experimental findings.

Photographic edition · Original project images are presented without identifying metadata. The photographs document visible construction stages; precise as-built dimensions and safety certification remain unverified. Illustrative technical diagrams are labeled as reconstructions.

The five-part series

The original tiled shower before installation
● ORIGINAL BUILD PHOTOGRAPH   /   The original tiled shower before installation
The support structure inside the enclosure
● ORIGINAL BUILD PHOTOGRAPH   /   The support structure inside the enclosure

VISUAL CHRONOLOGY · Original photographs recovered from the laboratory build discussion.

PART 01 / LABORATORY BUILD JOURNAL

The Starting Space →

How an unused basement shower became the setting for a proposed independent botanical laboratory.

PART 02 / LABORATORY BUILD JOURNAL

The Supporting Framework →

A custom wooden structure, changing dimensions, and the distinction between design intent and as-built reality.

PART 03 / LABORATORY BUILD JOURNAL

Environmental Systems →

Lighting, airflow, filtration, monitoring, and the variables that can confound plant observations.

PART 04 / LABORATORY BUILD JOURNAL

The Hydroponic Research System →

A one-bucket deep water culture study and the instruments needed to describe its root environment.

PART 05 / LABORATORY BUILD JOURNAL

From Build to Research Readiness →

The checks that separate assembled equipment from a defensible observational study.

Source and revision policy

We preserve the distinction between what was planned, what the founder reported completing, and what has been independently verified. A future photographic edition will use reviewed original photographs and verified as-built measurements. Corrections will be recorded rather than silently overwritten.