design solution

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D E S I G N S O L U T I O N S

everything carmichael, all in your pocket.

Whether you’re a student, a part of faculty or staff, The Carmichael Go App provides users with in-depth information about the Wellness and Recreation Center. Users have the ability to schedule and reserve rooms and equipment, learn about all of the amenties, have a detailed map that helps navigating the entire gym, and so much more. The Carmichael Go App is NC State’s students best gym partner.

carmichael go app

With the Carmichael Go App, gym users have everything they need to have a successful time at the Wellness and Recreation Center right in their pocket. The app is available to anyone who uses Carmichael and is the next best gym partner for Carmichael users. This app is where users can access all of Carmichaels information, and most importantly, helps users navigate the gym with its detailed navigating feature.

Just like all of NC State’s applications and websites, Carmichael users login with their NCSU account. This allows security and privacy to users accounts and their gym profiles, as well as working seamlessly with NC State’s Healthy Pack Portal.

features

On the Home Page of the Carmichael Go App, users have access to reserve and schedule rooms, take a look at all the amenities the gym has to offer, are able to see their gym friends and share workouts and progress, have access to get workout and exercise sets and routines, get help and find answers to their questions, and most importantly, have a full map of the entire gym right in their pocket. When users schedule and reserve rooms, they are also given locations and directions to their desired room. Having the map integrated for when users schedule rooms saves time for when it comes time to go exercise or workout. In addition, the menu tab right on the home screen allows users to not only quickly navigate the gym, but also the app. For quick, efficient, and easy entry, users can input their student ID card directly into the app and use that to check in. Users do not have to worry about forgetting their Student ID card because all of their information is right on the app. No digging around in your wallet, swiping your card the right way, just one scan and you are in. Users are also given the option to sign out which allows other users to log in and schedule their own times and access their own Student ID card if they happened to forget their phone or wallet.

map

Getting around Carmichael has never been easier. With the Carmichael Go App, users have access to an entire map of the entire Wellness and Recreation center as well as a color coding wayfinding system that makes finding rooms and equipment that much eaiser. Different types of workouts like Cardio, Upper body, Lower body, and Core are all associated and labeled with certain colors that make them stand out when it comes to exercise time. Users can search for certain rooms either before or inbetween the workouts and find out exactly where and how to get there quickly and efficiently, notifying if there’s water fountains, bathrooms, and locker rooms on the way to a user’s next destination. Working with other features that are a part of the app, the map feature fits in perfectly and is always available to users whenever they are interacting with anything in the app. With all the navigational features in user’s pockets. They can spend more time focusing on their workouts.

Search

Users can search anything that Carmichael has to offer; rooms, equipment, amenities, classes, bathrooms, entrances, exits, etc. All with directions and locations for every aspect of the gym

Workout Types Navigate

If a user wants to focus on a certain portion of the body to exercise, the app will display all of the rooms that have those specific types of machines and equipment and their locations Once a user has chosen the room they want to go to, the app features a navigate button that gives them step-by-step directions and locations on how to get to and locate the desired room

persona A: ALICIA

With the Carmichael Go App, Alicia can now navigate the gym quickly and efficiently. Before going to the gym, she can schedule out and reserve her entire exercise time and find out exactly where she needs to go, before and inbetween each of her workouts. Now when Alicia is ready to condition for the club swim team she knows exactly where to go. When she first arrives at the gym, she want to do some cardio to warm up. Using the app, she’s shown which floors and what rooms have cardio machines and what specific machines are in there. Once she finishes with cardio, she navigates towards upper body and with the color coding system she actually sees a new cardio machine on her way that she wants to use next time she comes to the gym. Finally, she wants to end her work out in the pool which the app easily navigates her to. She ends her workout and leaves Carmichael quickly and efficiently.

EXPERIENCE WITH SOLUTIONS

GYM FAMILIARITY TIME EXERCISING NAVIGATING EASE OVERALL EXPERIENCE

Carmichael color coding: wayfinding system

Navigating Carmichael has never been easier. By color coding certain types of rooms by area of the body users want to target in their workouts, a simple cohesive language is created that not only helps communication, but also creates a clear way to navigate the entire gym. Certain colors mean specifc types of rooms for different exercises, visually communicating what different rooms offer.

color Carmichael’s immense size comes with immense hallways. Long, wide, and overwhelming hallways span the entire building and are mostly bare and free from any sort of furniture or gym equipment. Solving this issue as well as the nagivation paths issue, Color Paths guide gym users and lead them to their destination. Accompanied with the Carmichael Go App, Color Paths lets users nagivate the gym with ease.

Color coding wayfinding system + color paths

The System

Between the Color Coding Wayfinding System and the Color Paths, navigating Carmichael has never been easier.

The Color Coding System works seamlessly with the Carmichael Go App and visually shows users what type of equipment is in each room without even fully entering. To not go against Carmichael’s design aesthetic, the color coding system is executed as accent colors in different gym rooms. In addition, the color coded rooms allows for clearer communication when it comes to giving directions.

With Color Paths, the same colors used to categorize specific rooms are also used as a floor guide for gym users. Starting at each entrance, color paths guide users to their exercise destination. To not take away from Carmichael’s elegant and clean design, these color paths a subtly placed on the floor towards the wall in more narrow hallways, but are front and center in the large open hallways.

User Experience

With these color aspects, users can easily identify where they want to go based on what exercises they want to do. Right at the main entrances, signage quickly explaining the color coding system gives users a whole new level of understanding of the gym, regardless if they have been there before. For frequent users, they can develop a language that easily lets other users know where they are and where different rooms are.

persona B: Bryce

With the Color Coded Wayfinding System as well the Color Paths, now when Bryce goes to the gym, he can navigate the gym with ease and get to different rooms and equipment without having to ask someone for help. Right when he arrives, Bryce can either follow the paths or look for certain colors in different rooms, letting him know what part of the body the room is for. On top of that, the color coding system also allows him to find new equipment that he may not have seen or used before, but knows that it’s for the right body part becasue of the color the machine is in proximity with. Bryce’s workouts are fast and efficient as well as his navigating skills. He can easily explain where certain rooms are and what type of machines and equipment the rooms have to offer. He always knows exactly where to go and can pass along that information to friends and other gym users if need be.

EXPERIENCE WITH SOLUTIONS

GYM FAMILIARITY TIME EXERCISING NAVIGATING EASE OVERALL EXPERIENCE

section 03

T H E P R O C E S S