School Project: Help! I'm lost!

Winter 2013

 

We were asked to create a wayfinding design for either a school, hospital or airport. For this project, I chose my school as the place where I wanted to improve the wayfinding system.

I observed how and where people would get around the main floor towards the underground tunnel or metro, and decided to add signs to make it clearer for not only the students or employees of Concordia, but also the public. I’ve noticed before that a lot of people walked through Concordia to access the Sainte-Catherine street or the side entrance of the EV building and vice versa. When I was standing still on the main floor because I was checking my emails one last time before I go home or reply to someone on my cellphone, some people approached me to ask how they can access the metro.

 

Since the metro is connected to the school and some people asked me where it was, I added the metro on the signs. I added the metro on the rectangular sign to show where is the metro since it is not indicated on the sign that is already there or the other sign that leads towards the MB building. Furthermore, since there is no indication telling people what does H or LB or MB mean except for those who look at the map situated at the main entrance of the EV building, I added on the sign I created for the concrete columns the meaning of each. A person will then follow the indications to arrive at the right destination. I applied here the concept of districts to Concordia by using different colours to identify each building.