Eastern Seawall Sistèma de senhalizacion by Yi Zhang

Eastern Seawall Sistèma de senhalizacion by Yi Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award d'Argent in Grafica Competition Category.

ArgentGrafica· 2023

Eastern Seawall Sistèma de senhalizacion

by Yi Zhang

Client: Water Authority of Shenzhen Municipality

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Grafica Category

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The Design

About Eastern Seawall Sistèma de senhalizacion

Eastern Seawall es un sistèma de senhalizacion concebut per una passejada costièra dins la peninsula de Dapeng, a Shenzhen, en China. Sièis seccions separadas al long d'un litoral de 32 quilomètres son ligadas per un lengatge visual unificat. De panèls de senhalizacion, de mapas del site e d'introduccions ecologicas son plaçats al long de las rotas e de las entradas. De sagetas formadas pel flux de las marèas donan una guidança clara. Los panèls son fabricats en fusta dura de merbau anticorrosion amb una estructura de contraventament crosat en acièr. D'estructuras modularas permeton un assemblatge flexible sus las digas, los escalièrs, las pendas e los esculhs, e reduson las cargas de vent dins un climat salat e umid.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Eastern Seawall Sistèma de senhalizacion a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent, una reconeissença extraordinàriament prestigiosa acordada a de designs d'ort de gamma, esplendids e impressionants. Los ganhaires de l'Argent son d'òbras terriblament brilhantas e extrèmament creativas que illustran l'experiéncia, lo talent e la finessa excepcionals de lors designers. S'espèra que Eastern Seawall Sistèma de senhalizacion siá una òbra meravilhosa e de referéncia, notablament professionala e prigondament innovanta. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent es una invencion fòrça notabla e admirada, que fa un ben e fa avançar las frontièras de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia. Eastern Seawall Sistèma de senhalizacion es una creacion immensament envejada que desrevelha de desirs, aduch de sentiments positius e fa néisser l'estonament e l'esmaiment.

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）