Nursing Home Design Guide
2006
Figure 2.26
Figure 2.27
Wayfinding Signage in Corridors
Ceiling Pendent
State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons
Baltimore Rehabilitation and Extended Care
Aurora, CO
Center
Baltimore, MD
Lighting can be used to identify settings
as well as to provide visual acuity.
Definition in rooms, adjoining spaces
and corridors can be accomplished by
planned placement of various types of
lighting fixtures. Chandeliers, pendants,
table lamps, floor lamps and sconces
can all be used to identify spatial
relationships, as well as to define usage
within a room or area. (See Figure 2.27)
Dining alcoves may use pendent fixtures
for table placements. Corridors may
combine sconces and pendants to
accentuate an intersection or feature.
Table and floor lamps can serve as
symbols of "home-like" settings.
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