Overview
This facility became the first hospital to be certified LEED Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council. As part of the design team at Karlsberger I worked on exterior and interior signage and wayfinding.
The Hospital’s campus was identified by tall four-sided pillars.
The project extent included identifying the hospital’s own power plant.
Exterior signage
was designed to correspond to forms and materials of the building’s architecture which utilized stones cut from nearby quarries and referenced the former air traffic control tower that once occupied the site.
Interior signage
The entire design team endeavored to embed wayfinding cues within the project. Precision-cut linoleum floor patterns paired with signage to denote major destinatinations. Wall materials served as subtler indicators of direction.

A unique color scheme was assigned to each patient wing.

Each patient room sign included a dry-erase surface for staff to convey pertinent information.

To reduce offgassing of glue, all wall plaques were fastened by screws rather than adhesives.

Client
Seton Healthcare Network

Karlsberger Design Team
Environmental Graphic Design
 Nic Banks, David Byers, Dan Clements (supervising vice-president),
 Paul Carney (exterior stone base design)
Interior Design
 Jill Grdina, Vickie Green, Amy Mays
Architectural Design, Documentation & Coordination
 Joe Kuspan, Paul Carney, Corrie Feldmann, Tom Snearey, Steve Zilles

Sign Fabrication
Exterior: Austin Architectural Graphics
Interior: ASI-Houston

Spanish Translation
Gus Gonzales

Photography
John Durant Photography (except for snapshots)

(My apologies for any omissions or inaccuracies.)