Wayfinding을 고려한 공공시설의 사인 시스템 = A Study on the Sign Systems in Public Buildings based on the Wayfinding Design

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

With the complexity of today's public buildings, the importance of the sign system based on the “wayfinding” design has been more emphasized. Wayfinding design affects on user's emotional and functional state as well as the matter of safety in the setting. Wayfinding is the spatial problem solving process, and it comprises 'cognitive mapping', 'decision making', and 'decision executing'. There are two types of users in the environmental cognition: linear organization and spatial organization. In addition, they are divided into two other types: people who solely depend on signs and who perceive the given setting relying on their minds. In order to make the successful wayfinding design, designers should be able to satisfy all of these types. Designers also need to consider the wayfinding difficulties and various disability situations of users. In order to predict the wayfinding behavior of the user in a setting, it is necessary to figure out the physical movement and spatial organization of the user by developing the decision diagram which makes it possible to identify the optimum location of information display. The consideration has to be made in the development of sign system based on wayfinding would be: the decision point in the wayinding process, the characteristics of the setting which affects on the user group, efficient way of verbal/nonverbal communication, design consistency, color usage, the relationship with architectural setting, design flexibility, durability and maintainability, and its role as the visual element in the environment. Graphic designer needs to be involved in the development of the sign system at the early stage of the architectural planning. It is also required that all the personnel, in addition to designer, should recognize the importance of the effective sign system based on wayfinding and make best effort for the better system.

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