Wayfinding project summary

For my project, my group and I came up with a solution to improve the wayfinding of Budig Hall, specifically room 110. As Budig Hall is a beautiful building in itself, it can be difficult to navigate due to its white walls which are the same everywhere in the building as well as the shape of the building being a circle, therefore each side of the building is identical. This is a problem because as one walks into the building from the entrance it is hard to tell where exactly you are in the building as well as where one is supposed to go from there. To improve this, my group and I attempted to separate each lecture hall with the use of color. We placed a color coated map right at the entrance of the building which explained where one is as well as which color to follow for each lecture hall. The color red was the color used for room 110. Once one were to see this, they would easily see the red signage above the hallway adjacent to the map. The sign has three arrows with the number 110 filled into them. Once one follows the signage through the hallway, he or she would see another set of arrows with the number 110 within them. This time there is a red stripe that runs through the arrows and directs you straight to the destination. The color is the most important part of our solution. The colors that were chosen were made sure to fit in with the buildings beauty as they weren’t too bright or ridiculous looking. Because of the colors being different for each lecture hall, one would know after the first time experiencing the building which color is for which room. If one saw that one was in a red themed hallway he or she would instantly know they are being guided towards room 110. If one saw they were in a purple themed hallway they would instantly know they were heading towards room 120. Our intention for this wayfinding is to make it quick and easy for students to navigate to their classes.