Wayfinding: People, Signs, and ArchitectureThis book brings together, for the first time, expertise on all three of the elements which wayfinding is comprised: architecture; graphics; & verbal human interaction, within the context of the built environment. The authors, take the reader from a better understanding of the many types of wayfinding difficulties that people have, & why they have them, through an explanation of what wayfinding is & how the process works, to detailed examinations of the architectural, graphic, audible & tactile components involved in wayfinding design. A prescription, in effect, for a much-needed, brand-new design discipline. |
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11 Architectural wayfinding able Alvar Aalto anchor points architects Architectural wayfinding communication arrows Avezzano behavior building form cap-height Chapter 10 Spatial Chapter 11 Architectural Chapter 13 Forms circulation system cognitive mapping complex settings cues decision diagrams decision plan destination zones disabled displays door effect efficient elevator entrance environment Environmental communication Environmental Graphic Design example exit façade floor function Gestalt glyph graphic designers graphic information grid hearing impaired hierarchical identify important information system landscape landscape architecture layout legibility letterform letters major mobility impaired node parking particular path Paul Arthur perceived pictographs Place Bonaventure population require route signage space spatial organization Spatial planning square structure symbol tactile Tactile signs tend tion typographic understand urban users visitors visually impaired Washrooms wayfinding decisions wayfinding design wayfinding difficulties wayfinding information wayfinding problems wayfinding process wayfinding tasks wheelchair x-height