Early collaboration makes all the difference when integrating environmental graphics with architecture. Elizabeth and Karen met Tuesday with
ZGF Architects David Staczek and Mark Booth in their Portland office to review floor plans and elevations and discuss sign locations within the new additions to Blanchfield Army Community Hospital in Fort Campbell, KY.
We all noted that side-by-side patient room entries, while efficient in terms of sink and utility placement, made for confusing wayfinding when patient information stacks in close proximity. Especially so when nurses depend on colored flags in corridors to signal patient issues and room conditions.
We were able to include ZGF architects and planners Dena Cook and Dave Fisk in the conversation and within minutes, all agreed that the sinks could move.
A happy win for legibility, clarity and patient safety through early collaboration and wayfinding!
Another issue arose when we looked at placement of changeable insert holders on framed panels next to entry doors. With protruding frames, recessed panels do not accommodate both a sign and someone's fingers to insert a changeable message. Voila! Frames are flush with the panel and insert holder will sit proud of the surface.
In coordinating locations for ceiling mounted signs, we saw that sprinklers sometimes occurred at decision points for wayfinding. Thanks to our early collaboration, the sprinkler plan will be adjusted for signage.
Always of interest to the project, we also looked at how sign background colors might coordinate with the building palette.
Early collaboration makes all the difference when integrating environmental graphics with architecture. Elizabeth and Karen met Tuesday with ZGF Architects David Staczek and Mark Booth in their Portland office to review floor plans and elevations and discuss sign locations within the new additions to Blanchfield Army Community Hospital in Fort Campbell, KY.
We all noted that side-by-side patient room entries, while efficient in terms of sink and utility placement, made for confusing wayfinding when patient information stacks in close proximity. Especially so when nurses depend on colored flags in corridors to signal patient issues and room conditions.
We were able to include ZGF architects and planners Dena Cook and Dave Fisk in the conversation and within minutes, all agreed that the sinks could move.
A happy win for legibility, clarity and patient safety through early collaboration and wayfinding!
Another issue arose when we looked at placement of changeable insert holders on framed panels next to entry doors. With protruding frames, recessed panels do not accommodate both a sign and someone's fingers to insert a changeable message. Voila! Frames are flush with the panel and insert holder will sit proud of the surface.
In coordinating locations for ceiling mounted signs, we saw that sprinklers sometimes occurred at decision points for wayfinding. Thanks to our early collaboration, the sprinkler plan will be adjusted for signage.
Always of interest to the project, we also looked at how sign background colors might coordinate with the building palette.
