Victoria City Parks
Victoria, B.C.
Studio: Public Communication
Client: City of Victoria
Studio: Public Communication
Client: City of Victoria
Completed: 2018
Public parks are an important part of civic identity and culture for the City of Victoria. After implementing their new strategy for public wayfinding, the city found that public green spaces required the development of additional signs specifically suited the character and communication needs of those environments. Unlike urban pathways, signage and wayfinding for city parks need to communicate a variety of programming and regulatory information. In addition, navigation through these spaces is more open and includes topographic details, environmentally sensitive areas and a network or urban greenways connecting nearby parks and local destinations.
The design challenge was to create a wayfinding system for Victoria's city parks which seamlessly extended the existing wayfinding strategy while adding new tools that addressed the unique needs of those public green spaces. This system also needed to maintain the level of technical and aesthetic quality established for the urban wayfinding while remaining within the capacity of the city's sign shop to produce and maintain.
The design challenge was to create a wayfinding system for Victoria's city parks which seamlessly extended the existing wayfinding strategy while adding new tools that addressed the unique needs of those public green spaces. This system also needed to maintain the level of technical and aesthetic quality established for the urban wayfinding while remaining within the capacity of the city's sign shop to produce and maintain.
The proposed design for signs within city parks extends the graphic language of the urban wayfinding while adapting it to the information required within natural spaces.
Where possible, sign-types used by the citywide wayfinding were adapted for use within city parks.
Becon Hill Park is the the city's largest and most visited public park. A detailed prototype map was developed for this park to serve as a style guide for landscape and topographic details.
