Not all stations have a well put hydroponics department;
always having a wrench on you to throw at furniture to displace it wherever you want is a nice additional tool to the arsenal.
Layout Examples
Oasis has a good, very basic layout (if not for the number of botanists available), as all the trays are separated but not too far away from each other, and there is a central place to put all the equipment you don't want to keep on yourself