prototype in the environment

For our first prototype, we constructed an 8ft tall by 27in wide, four sided rectangular tower to install in the Natural History Museum. By placing the (very rough draft) first prototype in the environment we were trying to recreate/redesign through wayfinding, it proved to be a successful trial run, with much learned from the first observational experiment. We observed that by placing the tower in the main entryway, visitors immediately flocked to it for directional usage--which was very good! (success!) ..However, we did witness that the tower seemed a tad too large--especially with the younger children. Their gaze never met the top of the tower, thus making what lied on the top floors of the museum less noticed than on the main floors. To fix this, in our final model we plan to scale the model down, and provide more kid friendly, simplistic graphics in our design.