User blog comment:Commdor/IGN's ME3 Review-in-Progress/@comment-2175142-20120229013419/@comment-1221773-20120229014238

Probably. Or they could be storage space, rooms that the crew to stand around and gossip in, or something else equally unimportant. It looks like the lab's upgrades terminal has been condensed with the armory on deck 5, so neither room on deck 2 has much purpose anymore.