Improving the wayfinding to the commercial services at Schiphol: Supporting passengers to explore the surroundings of the airport autonomously

This thesis has the goal to improve the commercial wayfinding at Schiphol. Commercial wayfinding entails tertiary wayfinding activities, which are not related to the travel process (shopping, eating/drinking, relaxing), whereas functional wayfinding gives information about passenger activities related to the airport process. Individuals can find...

Defining wayfinding design principles for the new Amsterdam Airport Schiphol pier & terminal, through conceptual design as a case study

A new pier and terminal at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport provides the opportunity for Schiphol Group to review aspects of design at the current terminal and innovate. One of these aspects is information & wayfinding (I&W). Wayfinding is closely related to the overall satisfaction of passengers at the airport, and therefore an essential part of...

A mobile solution for inexperienced passengers of KLM to manage their travel process

Despite a large contribution of KLM offering many information channels and services at Amsterdan Airport Schiphol (AAS), travelling often remains a frustrating and unpleasant experience for passengers. Information is targeted to a mass of people, and is not directed to individual passengers. The sheer amount of available information within these...

Application of Indoor Positioning and Navigation in a First Line Emergency Response Context

The problems investigated in this report were those encountered by the TU Delft Emergency Response Organisation on the TU Delft campus, and is seen as representative for other problem locations. There are indications that the current systems, tools and equipment in use by ERTs function sub-optimally. A qualitative analysis – used to uncover,...

Digital Wayfinding / Blades: A research & design project for a modular architectural lighting system applied for adaptive wayfinding in a park environment and on to buildings of architectural heritage.

The project researches the implementation and integration of media technologies for communication purposes in architectural and natural environments. These technologies give designers new tools to create spaces which can be more responsive, functional and communicative and adapt in realtime. By creating a network of light landscapes, shapes and...

Wayfinding Behaviour in Unfamiliar Environment during Evacuation: An exploratory study based on driving simulator

This research intends to explore city visitors’ evacuation wayfinding behaviour. This research field has been consistently overlooked. There is no doubt the city visitors have difficulties in finding ways during evacuation, due to lack of knowledge and unfamiliarity of the environment. To start with, an explicit literature study is performed. It...

Directed Movement: Towards a wayfinding based approach of design

The graduation project Directed Movement guides you through the research regarding the personal abilities and environmental characteristics which can ensure a good wayfinding experience. This theory is used to design a (complex) public building as part of the South Bank Centre in London.

Wayfinding for families - "Families finding their way in the museum of Naturalis"

This master thesis describes the design of new wayfinding system to help families find their way in the museum of Naturalis, situated in Leiden, the Netherlands. Next to being a museum Naturalis is a Biodiversity Center with a research institute, an academic working group, and university programs in biodiversity and taxonomy. Resulting from a...

Communication toolkit for hospitals

This master thesis presents the design of a visual library for Mijksenaar to communicate wayfinding together with hospitals facility managers. In this thesis an analysis of wayfinding in hospitals is conducted together with an observation of the current way in which Mijksenaar communicates with facility managers throughout the different phases...

Terug naar de basis: Belevingsgericht bouwen voor mensen met dementie. Back to basics: emotion-oriented building for people with dementia.

These documents contain a research and a design for a health care institute for people with dementia and the graduation presentation. The research has been done with literature, interviews and case studies in three existing health care institutes in the Netherlands. The research can be used as a guideline for designers who want to build a...

Designing a Color Driven Navigation System for the Peripheral Vision of Drivers

This report presents the study of using the peripheral vision of a driver to provide him with wayfinding information, without distracting him from his foveal task. The project used a Design inclusive Research methodology. This means that initial assumptions are formulated based on an explorative study. These assumptions are then evaluated using...

Measure, understand and improve cities: Visualizing pedestrian flows to improve inner-city quality in Delft using GPS-tracking technology

We all have walked on a street when suddenly someone comes over to you asking for directions. Sometimes, people do not know where they are and they do not know how to reach their destination. They are lost. However, people should not depend on others to find their way. The urban fabric should be legible enough to find one’s way. The problem...