Enviromeant
  • Wayfinding
  • Restaurants
  • Workplace
  • Signage
  • Exteriors
  • Interiors
888 Likes
625 Followers
2K Followers
Enviromeant
Enviromeant Enviromeant
  • Wayfinding
  • Restaurants
  • Workplace
  • Signage
  • Exteriors
  • Interiors
  • Interiors
  • Wayfinding

Find and Discover

  • May 14, 2013
  • Mariana
Total
61
Shares
0
0
61

The Design, Architecture & Building Faculty for the University of Technology is located in Haymarket in the heart of Sydney. In early 2009 the facility started a major upgrade, primarily in the Fabrication Workshop and Photomedia Laboratory.

Gardner Wetherill Associates redefined the spaces into a modern environment more suited to this highly regarded institution. BrandCulture was engaged to make these spaces reflect contemporary technology and culture through the use of environmental graphics.

The workshop is divided into three main areas; a 24 hour studio, the laser room and the main workshop floor. For OH&S requirements, the 24 hour studio workshop and laser room were required to maintain a clear line-of-sight across the workshop. It also required a level of seclusion so occupants would not be continually distracted by other activities. As a visual tribute to modern architecture (Herzog & Demeuron), the stretched form was created with a large dot screen running throughout to allow for visibility.

‘We are interested in the surface,” Herzog explains, ”not as pure decoration but for its capacity to have an impact on the space.” With the addition of pattern or, at Dominus, of texture, a building takes on a different character under different conditions, emerging or receding as the light changes, becoming more solid or less substantial.” So that it’s not the geometrical space you give it once and for all as an architect,” Herzog explains.

Despite the wall that has divided fashion and architecture, their progress in our time has been remarkably parallel. ”Clearly, all things in contemporary culture are related,” Herzog says. In clothes and in buildings, transparency has become one of the hallmarks of the 90’s, as fashion designers utilize chiffon, mesh and other sheer materials, and architects turn to glass, screens and scrims. Herzog speculates that in both cases the fascination is the same. ”It is always the curiosity about what lies behind or beyond or beneath the surface,” he says. ”The transparency creates a certain ambiguity, an interplay between the inside and the outside.”
The main workshop floor required a clearly delineated walkway for safety, this feature became the key graphic wayfinding interpretation. The system had to resolve two issues: to find machines by number; and to lead the eye to several displays celebrating the students work. The result pays tribute to modern iconic graphic styling with an engineering influence, featuring bold use of the flooring area.

Text and photography copyright of Brand Culture

Find & Discover. Designed by Brand Culture. @enviromeant.com
Find & Discover. Designed by Brand Culture. @enviromeant.com
Find & Discover. Designed by Brand Culture. @enviromeant.com
Find & Discover. Designed by Brand Culture. @enviromeant.com
Find & Discover. Designed by Brand Culture. @enviromeant.com
Find & Discover. Designed by Brand Culture. @enviromeant.com


Find & Discover. Designed by Brand Culture. @enviromeant.com
Find & Discover. Designed by Brand Culture. @enviromeant.com
Find & Discover. Designed by Brand Culture. @enviromeant.com
Find & Discover. Designed by Brand Culture. @enviromeant.com

Related

Total
61
Shares
Share 0
Tweet 0
Pin it 61
Related Topics
  • australia
  • brand
  • brand culture
  • culture
  • discover
  • environment
  • environmental
  • find
  • find and discover
  • floor
  • Gardner
  • Gardner Wetherill Associates
  • graphics
  • sydney
  • technology
  • University
  • Wetherill
Mariana

Mariana Pacheco is a visual designer, founder of Design Etiquette. She specializes in branding and web design. She's a fan of Environmental Graphics.

Previous Article
  • Education
  • Interiors
  • Signage

PAVE Academy Charter School

  • February 28, 2013
  • Mariana
View Post
Next Article
  • Interiors
  • Restaurants

PATS The Philly Way

  • May 20, 2013
  • Mariana
View Post
You May Also Like
View Post
  • Education
  • Featured
  • Interiors
  • Placemaking
  • Signage

The Children’s Place

  • Mariana
  • October 26, 2021
View Post
  • Featured
  • Interiors
  • Murals
  • Workplace

Digital Dock

  • Mariana
  • October 25, 2021
View Post
  • Education
  • Featured
  • Interiors
  • Signage
  • Wayfinding

Forest Gateway Chuo

  • Mariana
  • July 21, 2021
Bikestation Multipurpose Bicycle Parking by Ilustre Ideia Design
View Post
  • Featured
  • Interiors
  • Placemaking
  • Uncategorized
  • Wayfinding

Bikestation

  • Mariana
  • June 16, 2021
Fundes Environmental Graphic Design
View Post
  • Featured
  • Interiors
  • Placemaking
  • Workplace

Fundes

  • Mariana
  • May 14, 2021
View Post
  • Exteriors
  • Featured
  • Interiors
  • Signage
  • Wayfinding

João Benjamin Zaffari

  • Mariana
  • April 22, 2021
View Post
  • Featured
  • Interiors
  • Signage
  • Stores
  • Wayfinding

161 Collins Street

  • Mariana
  • March 5, 2021
View Post
  • Exteriors
  • Featured
  • Signage
  • Wayfinding

Dublin Docklands

  • Mariana
  • December 27, 2020

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Wayfinding
Workplace
Restaurants
    • Education
    • Featured
    • Interiors
    • Placemaking
    • Signage

    The Children’s Place

      • Education
      • Featured
      • Interiors
      • Placemaking
      • Signage
    View Post
    • Featured
    • Interiors
    • Murals
    • Workplace

    Digital Dock

      • Featured
      • Interiors
      • Murals
      • Workplace
    View Post
    • Education
    • Featured
    • Interiors
    • Signage
    • Wayfinding

    Forest Gateway Chuo

      • Education
      • Featured
      • Interiors
      • Signage
      • Wayfinding
    View Post
Follow Us
888
625
2K
300
Trending Posts
  • 1
    • Education
    • Featured
    • Interiors
    • Placemaking
    • Signage
    The Children’s Place
  • 2
    • Featured
    • Interiors
    • Murals
    • Workplace
    Digital Dock
  • 3
    • Education
    • Featured
    • Interiors
    • Signage
    • Wayfinding
    Forest Gateway Chuo
  • Bikestation Multipurpose Bicycle Parking by Ilustre Ideia Design 4
    • Featured
    • Interiors
    • Placemaking
    • Uncategorized
    • Wayfinding
    Bikestation
  • Fundes Environmental Graphic Design 5
    • Featured
    • Interiors
    • Placemaking
    • Workplace
    Fundes
Categories
  • Education (16)
  • Exhibitions (11)
  • Exteriors (24)
  • Featured (26)
  • Interiors (84)
  • Murals (6)
  • Museums (7)
  • Placemaking (9)
  • Restaurants (31)
  • Signage (42)
  • Stores (8)
  • Uncategorized (7)
  • Wayfinding (49)
  • Workplace (27)

Subscribe

Subscribe now to our newsletter

Environmental Graphic Design is a multidisciplinary field that combines many design areas including architectural, interior, graphic, and industrial design. Together these disciplines enhance the user experience by representing visual concepts in the built environment. EGD can take the form of wayfinding and signage systems, installations, super graphics, and visualization of brand identity and communication on a physical space.

  • Wayfinding
  • Restaurants
  • Workplace
  • Signage
  • Exteriors
  • Interiors

At Enviromeant we are always looking for interesting projects that combine architecture, interior and graphic design. If you want your work to be featured, send us an mail to submit@enviromeant.com with the images (Minimum 2500px wide) and a description of your project. We’ll be happy to review it for submission.

Enviromeant
A blog about Environmental Graphic Design, Signage & Wayfinding Systems.

Input your search keywords and press Enter.