Wayfinder Interactive – Cardiff University

The Glamorgan Building is home to Cardiff University’s School of Social Sciences and the School of Planning and Geography. Formerly the Edwardian county hall of Glamorgan it’s now a Grade I listed building and was acquired by Cardiff University in 1997. The building is made up of two parts, the original building which is designed in a courtyard style around the central Council Chamber on the ground floor and an extension, built in the same style and connected to the original building by a ground floor corridor towards the rear.

As with many grand dated buildings navigation can sometimes be difficult – which is why we were commissioned to develop both the software and hardware for a wayfinding interactive to sit within the lobby on a large 42″ multi-touch screen.

Through various conversations with the client team it was determined that the simplest and most cost effective solution was to utilise a website as the wayfinding platform, allowing easy updates in future and the ability access the site externally if later required.