The Brief.
Boston Children's Hospital reached out to Selbert Perkins Design to help them to continue their wayfinding system across a new pedestrian bridge and existing parking garage. It would connect two sides of Longwood Avenue--a very busy intersection the medical area of Boston Massachusetts. This bridge would allow pedestrians to avoid the street intersection altogether and was a huge push by the Hospital to get permission from the city. I joined the project in 2018 as Senior Experiential Designer to project manage the final selection of signage and installation across the space, help develop options for donor signage, as well as help to design two public art pieces in the garage public space.
The Design.
I worked with previously presented concepts to develop new art pieces for the entry into the parking garage in the lobby vestibule and another in two tall spaces across floors 1-2 and 4-8.
The lobby mural concept was a large scale photographic mural planning to utilize the images of the staff and children treated at the hospital.
The multi-level art piece concept was a design based off of DNA sequencing using the brand colors of the hospital to create a dimensional waterfall effect. We worked through several creation techniques to determine the best way to create it inside the space.
The 4 different versions of the atrium mural shown in the model were used to showcase the different techniques we could use. The lobby mural was visualized only for location understanding.
The major donor for the pedestrian bridge was awarded a larger design within the bridge entry point to the building as well as a large name location on the exterior of the bridge. I again used the location to model up with the potential design options as well as show the general lighting conditions of the bridge as various times throughout the day.
The Implementation
As you can imagine, a project this large can take years to complete. The majority of the building, signage, and artwork were installed by the beginning of 2020. Due to the pandemic many areas became inaccessible for those not directly using the hospital services. Below are images of the area and a short video I was able to capture of the upper atrium mural. Also included are a handful of signs that the design changed once the atrium mural was designed. These includes vital wayfinding signage that helped visitors find their way to the elevators and entrance of the hospital.
