Potomac Boulevard is a wide, spacious corridor that leads visitors and patients from the front entrance through the hospital with several stops on the way – a new gift shop, Worship Room and Jazzman’s Café, a coffee and snack bar. Potomac Boulevard is not only a renovated space. It’s designed to help visitors find their way through the hospital with ease.
Barbara Huelet of Huelet Parimucha Healthcare Design says that the Boulevard was designed with the same way finding elements that are present throughout the hospital. She adds that they have incorporated colors and design elements that gently guide visitors to their destinations. Huelet points out that the most important element is the fact that the Boulevard is essentially a straight line to the new patient care building.
The 2009 Interior Design Competition Award, Healthcare/Long-term Care/Clinic Category, was presented during the ASID Washington Metro Chapter’s 2009 Celebrate Design Awards Celebration at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington DC.
