Wayfinding Research Articles

Making sense of the city

This article reviews the principles behind, and development of, a coordinated wayfi nding system for walking in London. Wayfi nding in cities is fundamentally an issue of urban design and architecture, but for this project the use of information design to respond to people’s needs was at the fore. Where urban design is concerned with the space between the buildings, information design is concerned with the space between the ears.

86 Team Working with Volunteers to Uplift the Environment and Facilitate Enhanced Wayfinding

Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE), a programme administered by Help the Hospices in conjunction with the King’s Fund, encourages end-of-life care providers to recognise the positive impact of light, colour and art on the general wellbeing of patients. Through consultation with patients, staff, volunteers and relatives, the EHE project …

CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE OF WAYFINDING BEHAVIOREXPLORING THE SOCIO-SPATIAL VARIABLE IN THREE CHINESE HOSPITALS CASE STUDIES

In the era of rapid economic growth, China is witnessing huge transformations of the built environment, accompanied by the problem of spatial disorientation in large scale buildings, such as hospitals and airports. In search of possible resolutions, we are looking into the relationship between wayfinding performance in hospital environments and the Chinese traditional spatial archetype. This study focuses on a few of the most characteristic properties of traditional Chinese architecture: the axiality and openness. By having subjects carry out various wayfinding tasks in three urban hospitals that differ in terms of the degree of axiality and openness, we examine how socio-spatial variables impact spatial navigation. The result supports the relationship between search performance and spatial properties described from a cultural point of view. It suggests that wayfinding performance could be affected by cultural characteristics immanent in the Chinese society. Acknowledging the deficiencies of this small-scale study we may want to restrict its relevance to inspiring further research in this direction. In the long term, we might expect new prospects leading to important implication for the future of hospital design.

Wayfinding in John Luther Adams's "For Lou Harrison"

Wayfinding in John Luther Adams's "For Lou Harrison"

Essay: Healing gardens—places for nature in health care

Essay: Healing gardens—places for nature in health care

Traditional Navajo Maps and Wayfinding

Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Klara Kelley, Harris Francis; Traditional Navajo Maps and Wayfinding. American Indian Culture and Research Journal 1 January 2005; 29 (2): 85–111. doi: https://doi.org/10.17953/aicr.29.2.hnj6880303q25wh0 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest Search

Paul Arthur and Romedi Passini Wayfinding: people, signs, and architecture

Paul Arthur and Romedi Passini <b> <i>Wayfinding: people, signs, and architecture</i> </b>

Wayfinding by children and adults: Response to instructions to use look-back and retrace strategies.

Wayfinding by children and adults: Response to instructions to use look-back and retrace strategies.

"Wayfinding on foot from information in retinal, not optical, flow": Correction.

"Wayfinding on foot from information in retinal, not optical, flow": Correction.

"Wayfinding on foot from information in retinal, not optical, flow": Correction.

"Wayfinding on foot from information in retinal, not optical, flow": Correction.

Wayfinding and Orientation by the Visually Impaired

Wayfinding and Orientation by the Visually Impaired