Totetsu Training Institute Wayfinding System by Takuya Wakizaki - Motive Inc.

Totetsu Training Institute Wayfinding System by Takuya Wakizaki - Motive Inc. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Nyiaj in Tsim Kev Sib Txuas, Kev Sib Cuam Tshuam thiab Kev Siv Neeg Competition Category.

NyiajKev Sib Txuas· 2022

Totetsu Training Institute Wayfinding System

by Takuya Wakizaki - Motive Inc.

Client: Totetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award Nyiaj Winner in Kev Sib Txuas Category

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The Design

About Totetsu Training Institute Wayfinding System

Tus neeg siv khoom, tsim los ntawm kev thov los ntawm yav dhau los Ministry of Railways los tswj thiab txhawb nqa Nyij Pooj txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau, yog lub tuam txhab kev tsim kho dav dav nrog cov kws tshaj lij nyob deb ntawm kev tsim kho kev tsheb nqaj hlau. Tus tsim Takuya Wakizaki, tus tsim ntawm MOTIVE Inc., tsim ib txoj hauv kev nrhiav kev rau lub koom haum, uas tus neeg siv khoom tsim los tsim cov peev txheej tib neeg. Rau kev tsim motif, tus tsim qauv siv cov kab tsheb ciav hlau-qhov tseem ceeb ntawm tus neeg siv khoom. Los ntawm kev tsim qauv, tus tsim qauv siv zog los tsim qhov chaw uas yuav pab cov tub ntxhais kawm muaj kev txaus siab rau lawv txoj haujlwm.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Nyiaj

Totetsu Training Institute Wayfinding System yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Nyiaj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev tshaj li qub uas muab rau cov qauv tsim qib siab, zoo nkauj thiab ua rau neeg xav tsis thoob. Cov neeg yeej Nyiaj yog cov haujlwm ci ntsa iab heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas qhia txog kev paub, kev txawj ntse thiab kev ntse ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Totetsu Training Institute Wayfinding System xav tias yuav yog ib qho haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus uas tsim rau qhia, tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab tob. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Nyiaj no yog ib qho khoom tsim uas pom tseeb heev thiab neeg qhuas uas pab tau thiab nthuav dav ciam teb ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis. Totetsu Training Institute Wayfinding System yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg coob xav tau, uas ua rau xav, coj kev xav zoo thiab ua rau xav tsis thoob thiab xav paub.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Due to the characteristics of the space, some of the rooms in the facility are in blind areas. The rail-line design marks flow lines to those rooms, offering affordances for spatial movement. In addition, the design team used rail scrap for the facility’s name sign and portions of the stairs to capture the company's personality with creative aesthetic accents.
Dimensions & Packaging: Facility’s name sign - H174 x W2690
Rail line width - 60mm
Tags: Wayfinding, Signage, Orientation Design, Environmental Design, Graphic
Production Technology: Facility’s name sign - Used rail scrap
Rail line-1 - Steel
Rail line-2 - PVC flooring
Typography - Floor marking film
Design Challenge: Due to the characteristics of the space, some of the rooms in the facility are in blind areas. The rail-line design marks flow lines to those rooms, offering affordances for spatial movement. In other words, the rail-line design becomes a flow line. This line had to run through the building uninterrupted, and safety had to be taken to prevent users from stumbling. Since the rail lines were constructed by connecting the divided parts, severe dimensional accuracy is required. The rail lines' curves, intersections, branches, etc., were very difficult construction.
Research: You can find animals' whereabouts, such as foxes, by following the footprints left on the snow-covered ground.
Many people will have had the experience of walking across the pedestrian crossing only on the white line as a child.
If multiple shapes are drawn on the ground, Hopscotch will start. These unknowingly acquired behavioural habits, which are difficult to prove chemically, can be a hint for designing a wayfinding system. The marks on the floor are great for informing, inducing, and controlling behaviour.
Inspiration: Totetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd., founded at the request of the former Ministry of Railways to maintain and reinforce Japan’s rail system, is a general construction company with far-reaching expertise in the field of rail-related construction. For the design motif, the design team used rail lines-the core identity of Totetsu Kogyo, which continues to thrive in the rail sector.
Project Duration: The project started in June 2019.
The project finished in December 2021.
Located in Ibaraki, JAPAN.
Operation Flow: Rooms in blind areas or rooms that need to be accessed through narrow corridors are less likely to be recognized by users. With the rail-line design, users can see a destination in blind areas or beyond narrow corridors and change the inactive space into an active one.
Patents: Not applicable
Team Members: Architect - Totetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Construction - Totetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Image Credits: All Images: Photographer Takeshi Shinto, 2021