Eastern Seawall Sistema de señalización by Yi Zhang

Eastern Seawall Sistema de señalización by Yi Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Plata in Diseño Gráfico, Ilustración y Comunicación Visual Competition Category.

PlataGráfico· 2023

Eastern Seawall Sistema de señalización

by Yi Zhang

Client: Water Authority of Shenzhen Municipality

A' Design Award de Plata Winner in Gráfico Category

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The Design

About Eastern Seawall Sistema de señalización

Eastern Seawall es un sistema de señalización diseñado para un paseo marítimo en la península de Dapeng, Shenzhen, China. Seis tramos independientes a lo largo de 32 kilómetros de costa se enlazan mediante un único lenguaje visual unificado. Los paneles de señalización, los mapas de situación y las introducciones ecológicas se sitúan junto a los caminos y en los accesos. Unas flechas cuya forma se inspira en el flujo de las mareas ofrecen una orientación clara. Los paneles están fabricados en madera dura de merbau tratada contra la corrosión, con un esqueleto de arriostramiento cruzado en acero. Las estructuras modulares permiten un montaje flexible sobre malecones, escaleras, pendientes y arrecifes, y reducen las cargas de viento en un clima salino y húmedo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Plata

Eastern Seawall Sistema de señalización ha ganado el A' Design Award de Plata, un reconocimiento extraordinariamente prestigioso concedido a diseños de gama alta, magníficos e impresionantes. Los ganadores de Plata son obras tremendamente brillantes y sumamente creativas que ilustran la destacada experiencia, el talento y la agudeza de sus diseñadores. Se espera que Eastern Seawall Sistema de señalización sea una obra maravillosa y emblemática, notablemente profesional y profundamente innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Plata es una invención muy notable y admirada que beneficia y hace avanzar las fronteras del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología. Eastern Seawall Sistema de señalización es una creación enormemente envidiada que evoca deseos, aporta sentimientos positivos y despierta asombro y admiración.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This project was to connect 6 areas visually by unified signage systems, creating unique experience for visitors to enjoy native features and vitality.
While avoiding intrusive design, we took "reading on the way" as main design concept. It provides visitors with fresh, interesting and complete experience to read information, such as signboards, site maps and ecology introductions for roads and entrances. Modular structures were adopted to meet the needs of different venues.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2800mmx130mmx130mm Anti-corrosion Merbau Hardwood
10mm Steel Skeleton of Cross Bracing
Tags: Signage, environment，seawall reconstruction，experiential graphic，Coastal，public space
Production Technology: Along the 32km shoreline of Dapeng Peninsula in six disconnected parts, is dotted with boards in compact structures. The installation is easy and fast due to stage construction and long cycle. The coastal conditions bring challenges such as typhoon, high salt and high humidity. The boards can reduce wind loads and combine with permanent poles, avoiding looseness and corrosion of regular metal fasteners, easy for maintenance.
Design Challenge: The unified signage systems are built instead of the existed disordered ones to meet low maintenance demands for each section, and the demands for coastal economic production, also for the tourists. They’re designed by modular structures, making sign boards available with various forms but unified modules. Flexible sign-board assembling is achieved to meet the needs of different venues.
Research: Mountain-seaside Promenade was an existed narrow road connecting villages and peninsula end. Without guardrails and roadside furniture, the road was nearly untraversed. By chance, it became a nice area for ocean protection.
The interesting and changing ground graphics by coating process are designed to attract people to interact with this nice area during their visit on the magnificentpromenade.
Inspiration: Located in the east of Shenzhen, Dapeng Peninsula is famous for its mountains and seas. Local fishing villages and long coastline attract a large number of tourists. The design endowed the existed seawall with ideal tourist function.
Linear coastline space connects villages, roads, destinations and activity spaces in the entire region. It becomes a new type of experience-oriented tourist site.
Project Duration: Sept 22, 2022 Dapeng District, Shenzhen,Guangdong, China
Operation Flow: Located on a long narrow site, light and graceful boards can adapt to various venues of seawalls, steps, slopes and even reefs. The vivid tidal flow shaped arrows are adopted for clear guidance at the linear destinations.
Team Members: Zhang Yi（creative director）
Wen Yuehua（project manager）
Yan Meiying（designer）
Wu Siying（designer）