Wayfinding at this sprawling 86-acre medical campus
was already complicated when a campus expansion added an outpatient
cancer center and a third public parking deck. The result, according
to one administrator, was "over 4 million square feet of confusion."
Corbin's solution involved conducting a wayfinding
master planning process, analyzing traffic patterns and destination
names, and recommending the introduction of architectural landmarks
to help patients, visitors and staff navigate the campus. In particular,
Corbin staff reviewed how public entrances were designated, how floors
were labeled, and how people made the transition from parking garages
to buildings.
As a result of that research, the original floor
levels were renamed to reduce confusion, and symbols were introduced
to distinguish
the
three garages. Interior signs in the eight main buildings use different
photographic images as sign backgrounds in each building, to differentiate
the buildings and let visitors know where they were at a glance. Finally,
the interior signage was designed to use printed inserts so that the
medical center's sign shop can make updates on its own.