Study On Wayfinding System On Residential Area

With the new change of urban space in the city, the sphere of application of the wayfinding system had expand from street, office environment and shopping center to residential area, and people are place great importance on the perfect wayfinding system more and more.The thesis studies from the goal and basic concepts of the wayfinding system, sets out the back ground of the "wayfinding" at home and abroad, clarifies the contents of the field, and emphasizes the factor of design the relationship between wayfinding, people and environment.Based on the value orientation on which the aspects of urban context, the issue of consumerism, the minds of people, the art forms of the wayfinding and the requirement of universal design reflected, the thesis crystallized the visual feature of the wayfinding system on residential area in city. From another point of view, the thesis seeks to grasp the hints of the era from the visual language.The visual Language of wayfinding reflects various visual features in new residential area. According to the contents of material, visual language and universal design, the thesis have put forward sound view for forms and functions, and submitted at the conclusion: wayfinding meets the needs of the public.