Eastern Seawall Sistema de Sinalização by Yi Zhang

Eastern Seawall Sistema de Sinalização by Yi Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Prata in Design Gráfico, Ilustração e Comunicação Visual Competition Category.

PrataGráfico· 2023

Eastern Seawall Sistema de Sinalização

by Yi Zhang

Client: Water Authority of Shenzhen Municipality

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Gráfico Category

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The Design

About Eastern Seawall Sistema de Sinalização

Eastern Seawall é um sistema de sinalização concebido para um passeio costeiro na Península de Dapeng, em Shenzhen, na China. Seis trechos distintos ao longo de 32 quilómetros de linha costeira são ligados por uma linguagem visual unificada. Painéis de sinalização, mapas do local e apresentações ecológicas são dispostos ao longo das vias e das entradas. Setas com formas inspiradas no fluxo das marés oferecem uma orientação clara. Os painéis são executados em madeira maciça de merbau com tratamento anticorrosivo e esqueleto de contraventamento cruzado em aço. As estruturas modulares permitem uma montagem flexível sobre diques, escadas, rampas e recifes, reduzindo as cargas de vento num clima salino e húmido.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Eastern Seawall Sistema de Sinalização conquistou o A' Design Award de Prata, um reconhecimento extraordinariamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de topo de gama, deslumbrantes e impressionantes. Os vencedores da Prata são obras tremendamente brilhantes e extremamente criativas que ilustram a perícia, o talento e a acuidade excecionais dos seus designers. Espera-se que Eastern Seawall Sistema de Sinalização seja uma obra maravilhosa e de referência, notavelmente profissional e profundamente inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata é uma invenção muito notável e admirada, que beneficia e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. Eastern Seawall Sistema de Sinalização é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

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）