Interior design elements influence on users’ wayfinding capacity in a Swedish hospital setting
(2017)3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON ARCHITECTURE, RESEARCH, CARE AND HEALTH p.91-104
- Abstract
Wayfinding has been recognized as an important aspect that should be carefully considered, especially in the design of healthcare facilities. Previous studies have identified environmental elements that influence wayfinding, but there is still a lack of understanding on which properties of environmental elements and features that has the potential to aid wayfinding in hospital areas (Pati, Harvey, Willis & Pati, 2015). This pilot study examined the potential of interior design elements (including artwork) to support the participants’ ability to navigate in one of the reception halls at SUS Malmö hospital. In order to focus on the wordless wayfinding... (More)
Wayfinding has been recognized as an important aspect that should be carefully considered, especially in the design of healthcare facilities. Previous studies have identified environmental elements that influence wayfinding, but there is still a lack of understanding on which properties of environmental elements and features that has the potential to aid wayfinding in hospital areas (Pati, Harvey, Willis & Pati, 2015). This pilot study examined the potential of interior design elements (including artwork) to support the participants’ ability to navigate in one of the reception halls at SUS Malmö hospital. In order to focus on the wordless wayfinding capacity, two subject categories were participating, 1) Arabic speaking visitors; 2) and Swedish speaking visitors. The participants, 4 females and 7 males, responded to a questionnaire in dialogue with the researcher. The data analysis showed that artworks, plants, skylight, furniture, wooden material on walls, and a tilted reception cube were the most eye-catching physical elements associated with wayfinding. Written signs were seen as helpful but sometimes useless due to the fact that they are written only in the Swedish language, whereas artworks was the common language between most of the participants and therefore interesting to further explore. Since the majority of the participants disliked the artworks in the reception hall, the influence of aesthetic preferences on wayfinding could possibly be a fruitful path of further investigation.
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- author
- Ibrahim, Muna LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017-04-29
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- wayfinding, hospitals, interior design, aesthetic preference, artwork
- host publication
- ARCH17 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARCHITECTURE, RESEARCH, CARE AND HEALTH CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
- pages
- 14 pages
- publisher
- Polyteknisk Forlag
- conference name
- <br/>3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE<br/>ON ARCHITECTURE, RESEARCH, CARE AND HEALTH
- conference location
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- conference dates
- 2017-04-26 - 2017-04-27
- ISBN
- 978-87-93585-00-3
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 6ffa9219-573a-4f2c-ad20-13d9d8df1cbf
- date added to LUP
- 2019-03-06 16:14:45
- date last changed
- 2019-04-04 09:30:42
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title = {{Interior design elements influence on users’ wayfinding capacity in a Swedish hospital setting}},
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