The HMC hospital in The Hague aims for an efficient and hospitable experience for patients, visitors, and staff. With multiple building sections, floors, and elevator shafts, the complex can quickly become confusing. DsignMarking supports the hospital by designing and implementing thoughtful routing (walking routes) and updatable signage so that visitors can easily find their destination. With a combination of color usage, pillars, aluminum signs, and updatable inserts, we create a clear and logical route through the building. This contributes to a safer, calmer, and more pleasant hospital environment where everyone can quickly find the right way
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Working on
a better
hospital
Working on a better hospital
Client
Haaglanden Medical Center
Industries
- Healthcare institutions
Expertise
- Signing
- Wayfinding
- Branding
Choose your color
The request from the hospital was to separate visitor flows as much as possible via building sections A, B, and C. This separation was achieved through effective directional use of color. Red, green, and blue were used to define the main routes. The result of this is a much more even load on the different elevator shafts. The visitor finds the destination on the information boards at the entrance. The destination is indicated with a color, which leads to the appropriate elevator. Afterwards, the visitor chooses a floor to reach the correct level. After exiting the elevator on the right floor, the visitor follows the signposts to reach the final destination. For the signage, in addition to pillars, aluminum signs with inserts were used, allowing the information to be easily updated.
Fun fact
The story goes that HMC once, along with other hospitals, mapped out routes for mystery guests. From entrance to destination. HMC Westeinde would have been the winner of that. We cannot verify this story, but we like to keep it alive!
