The transformation of signage on the UConn Health campus is underway.
Phase 1 of the project to install wayfinding signs that help establish destination zones to be known as “Upper Campus” and “Lower Campus” is scheduled for completion by mid January. It includes Main Road from the Farmington Avenue entrance to the main building and University Tower entrances, and West Road to the emergency department.
Upper Campus refers to the main building, University Tower, and academic entrance. Lower campus locations include the Outpatient Pavilion, Musculoskeletal Institute, and the UConn Health Surgery Center.
“Buildings on the Upper and Lower Campus are listed on the signs as you enter the campus, but after the initial listing, Upper and Lower Campus are the terms used to guide visitors,” says Tom Trutter, associate vice president for campus planning, design and construction. “This is similar in concept to airports using Terminal A and Terminal B where the airlines are listed for each terminal initially but dropped as you get closer to the destination.”
Parking Area Redesignation
| Currently | Becoming |
| Lot K | A1 |
| Lot A/B | A2 |
| Lot C | A3 |
| Lot D | A4 |
| Lot J | A5 |
| Lot G | M1 |
| Lot F | M2 |
| Lot H | H1 |
| Lot L | L1 |
| Shuttle Lot 2 | L2 |
| Shuttle Lot 3 | L3 |
| Circle Road | L4 |
| ASB Lot | L5 |
| ASB Accessible | L6 |
Phase 2 includes the rest of the campus, ideally completed by spring.
With the new signage comes a renaming of parking lots, with a letter representing the adjacent main building entrance, followed by a number. For example, Lot C, which is near the academic entrance, will become Lot A3. Lower Campus lots will have an L designation.
UConn Health is the first UConn campus moving to a university-wide standard for wayfinding signage.
More information about campus wayfinding is available at http://uconnhealthexpress.uchc.edu/wayfinding.