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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Standing in the way of wayfinding solutions | 12 |
Chapter 4 | 22 |
Chapter 6 | 42 |
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11 Architectural wayfinding able Alvar Aalto anchor points architects Architectural wayfinding communication arrows Avezzano behavior building form cap-height Carlos Ott Chapter 10 Spatial Chapter 11 Architectural Chapter 13 Forms circulation system cognitive mapping color coding corridor cues decision diagrams decision plan destination zones directional signs disabled displays distinctive door efficient elevator entrance environment Environmental communication example exit façade floor Forms of graphic function gates Gestalt glyph graphic designers graphic information identified important information system landscape layout legibility letterforms node orientation Palombara Sabina parking particular path Paul Arthur perceived perception pictographs Place Bonaventure population route Setting organized shoestring signage space spatial organization Spatial planning square structure symbol tactile Tactile signs tend tion typology of circulation understand urban users visitors visually impaired Washrooms wayfinding decisions wayfinding design wayfinding difficulties wayfinding information wayfinding problems wheelchair x-height