Final Text

Out of the 3 i have decided to use this text as its the simplest and this is my aim for the way finding. I want my technique to be simple, easy and quick to figure out. This font is bold, simple and extremely easy to read. Furthermore i think this will look good on the ceilings, walls, stairs and floors as it will go with almost anything.

                           

Layout

1st. floor -
Foyer, canteen, technology and textiles


2nd. floor -
Art & Design, Mac Suit, ICT suite and Dark room


3rd. floor -
Maths, SEN, ICT suite


As there will be 3 floors this makes my concept even more interesting as the text can go up stair wells and snake all around the building. This will create a abstract feel as the text over laps and creates a piece of art work. As the text is not just going on the floors this will create a unique feel to the building and adds fun to the way-finding technique. 

Colour of text

As the lead architect said the colour can change and its not set in concrete. I have decided that my text will be in black as this colour creates harmony with  also any colour. Furthermore this colour is bold and one of the easiest to read, after doing my questionnaire i found out way finding needs to be improved and i think the main factor is that its easy, simple and straight forward. Many guests will come to the building and want to find the room they want straight away this is why i have chosen such a simplistic technique.

Building alphabet

Typography

Trails and ideas for the text that will lead around the building.

Distorted text may be a fun idea as it takes a while to figure out what the text says, however if its to distorted this will course a problem. Furthermore this distorted text will look as if it has been worn out by people i think it's effective however may cause a problem with trying to read the text.
Some ideas;

Retro text could be effective and give a fresh feel to the building even-though all my text will be in black and white i feel retro text can brighten the mood. This text also reminds me of pac man.

Finally i created some simple and bold text which would be perfect to use within a way finding technique as its easy to read and bold for people without strong eye sight.

Evaluation So Far...

So far I have looked into typography and how it can be merged with architecture. This led me to start trialing text and combining it with way finding techniques, using the walls, floors and ceilings to lead people round the building. So far this has been successful however I want to expand my ideas and add on to them. I have been looking at typography artists and how there text illustrates the word. I will need to trial more fonts and styles of typography. My 3 main aims are;

-More trials
-Research more typography
-Detailed Illustrations of my concept



WAY FINDING IN LONDON;

Inspirations

BECHIRA SORIN

                  

Inspirations

CRAIG WARD

                             

                                      

PRESENTATION

Classwork

Ideas

                                                                           

This idea is inspired by using coloured lines that represent a floor/ department or strand, they can overlap and create interesting shapes. They can following around walls, ceilings and floors. They could be bursts of bright, bold block colours which would be easy to locate and follow.

I then wanted to incorporate text as i love the typography i researched and how effective it can be. I designed a font that is clear, bold and easy to read as i want the text to replace the coloured lines. This creates an extremely easy way finding technique which everyone is capable of following and understanding. I want the text to be in black as its bold and it can flow up and down the walls, ceilings and floors. This could be created using special paint or fitted in the floor, when we had that meeting with Kim he advised me that the paint can wear as the fitted floor lasts longer. 

Profile of Brit School

"The BRIT School is Britain's only FREE Performing Arts and Technology School. It is an independent, state funded City College for the Technology of the Arts, the only one of its kind dedicated to education and vocational training for the performing arts, media, art and design and the technologies that make performance possible."

Along with my questionnaire this profile of the existing site will help when designing the new site, not so much as inspiration but key colours or motifs we could adapt or add in the new building to create a link as such.