New Mexico Capitol swaps printed directories for NoviSign wayfinding
2026-08-26 · via AV Magazine
The New Mexico State Capitol, known as the Roundhouse, has replaced its printed directory signs with a cloud-managed digital wayfinding system from NoviSign, deployed with Sharp hardware. The project is a useful case study for anyone managing signage in a public building where layout confuses visitors and content changes constantly.
The Roundhouse is the only circular state capitol in the US. According to the release, that design has no obvious front or back, which has made it hard for visitors, staff and lawmakers to navigate between offices, chambers, galleries and public spaces across four floors. The building had been relying on printed directories that needed speciality paper stock and reprinting every time a room changed use, an event was added, or an office moved.
The new deployment includes touchscreen wayfinding kiosks at the main entrances and digital directories on six floors, all run from a single NoviSign cloud platform. Sharp handled the sale and coordinated installation. NoviSign says the system lets visitors search a full building directory, get turn-by-turn routes across more than 200 mapped endpoints, view building history and layout information, and browse a rotating art collection featuring more than 600 local artists.
What operators should note
The headline claim from NoviSign is self-management: Capitol staff can now log in and update content themselves in seconds, without calling Sharp, NoviSign or an IT contractor. For a government building running on limited budgets and small facilities teams, removing per-change vendor costs and turnaround time is the practical selling point here, more than the kiosk hardware itself.
This is a fairly standard wayfinding use case for cloud CMS platforms, similar to deployments seen in hospitals, universities and large office campuses. What sets it apart is the building's irregular circular geometry, which the release frames as the reason a simple static map was no longer good enough. Turn-by-turn routing across 200 endpoints suggests a fairly detailed floor-plan model behind the scenes, though the announcement does not say how that mapping was built or how it will be kept current as the building's tenants and event schedule change.
The release does not disclose the number of kiosks or displays installed, the hardware models used, project cost, or a completion date beyond the announcement. It also does not say whether the system integrates with any existing room-booking, event or security systems in the Capitol, which would be a natural next question for anyone tracking wayfinding beyond a static directory.
NoviSign describes the platform as scalable, positioning it to support additional displays and new use cases from the same management interface. For NoviSign, a government capitol building is a notable reference account in the wayfinding and public-sector segment, alongside its existing retail and corporate signage business.
The announcement in full
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By AV Magazine in Digital Signage and DOOH , Government and defence , US&Canada August 26, 2026 0
The New Mexico State Capitol replaced printed directories with a cloud-managed platform that staff update, helping visitors navigate four floors of offices, chambers, galleries and public spaces.
The New Mexico State Capitol has adopted the NoviSign cloud-based digital signage platform to modernise wayfinding throughout the historic building.
Known as the Roundhouse, the New Mexico State Capitol is the only circular state capitol in the country. That distinctive architecture is a point of civic pride, but it also creates a genuine challenge: with no clear front or back, visitors, staff, and lawmakers have long struggled to find their way between offices, chambers, galleries, and public spaces across four floors.
Working with Sharp, the Capitol replaced its ageing printed directory system with a self-managed NoviSign digital wayfinding solution. Sharp facilitated the sale and coordinated the deployment. NoviSign delivered a professionally designed, out-of-the-box experience that Capitol staff can now update entirely on their own.
The deployment centres on touchscreen wayfinding kiosks at the building’s main entrances and digital directories on six floors, all managed through a single cloud platform. From one home screen, visitors can search a complete building directory, follow turn-by-turn wayfinding routes across more than 200 mapped endpoints, explore the history and layout of the Capitol, and browse a rotating art collection spanning more than 600 local artists.
Before going digital, the Capitol relied on printed signage that required speciality paper stock and carried high recurring costs. Every room change, event update, or office move meant reprinting and physically reinstalling signs. With NoviSign, Capitol staff now log in and apply updates themselves in seconds, without contacting Sharp, NoviSign, or outside IT support.
“We’re proud to help modernise one of the country’s most distinctive government buildings,” said Gil Matzliah, CEO of NoviSign. “The Roundhouse’s circular design is a source of civic pride, but it’s also a real wayfinding challenge. NoviSign gives Capitol staff a professionally designed system they can manage themselves, so visitors always know where they’re going.”
As the New Mexico State Capitol continues to welcome visitors, lawmakers, and staff to the Roundhouse, NoviSign provides a scalable platform ready to support future updates, additional displays, and new use cases from a single management interface.