Campus Wayfinding Signs: Long, wooded entry roads leading to multiple parking lots and buildings across the campus required a clear information hierarchy and high-visibility signage.

Uniformed Interior Sign System: A signage standard was developed for VA Togus that can be shared amongst stakeholders, management, and leadership to ensure a consistent system design for reorders and future projects throughout the entire facility.

Branded Accessible Pathway: The winding, connecting corridor was confusing for veterans to navigate. Branding this path as “VA Maine Street”, highlighted consistently on signage, provides a sense of continuity to the journey culminating at “Maine Street Station”, a reference to the historic Kennebec Central Railroad.

Feature Wall Exhibits: The connecting corridor’s long stretches of empty walls contributed to it’s maze-like experience. Adding inspirational and informative exhibits along the path creates memorable landmarks as well as institutional pride. The list of exhibits includes a timeline history of the facility, medal of honor recipients, military branch graphics, and history of the Kennebec Central Railroad.

Art Program Themes: To further orient patients and visitors and reinforce a sense-of-place, art themes were curated for each level of the main building. Imagery of Maine was used for the ground floor while local flora, fauna, and environments were used for floors 1 through 7.