Wayfinding Blueprint - Bournemouth

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Planning the system Core data Future developments Place naming Land use Arrival points Pedestrian movement Primary assets Route hierarchy Sign locations Placement Applied has developed an objective approach to understanding and optimising the placement of signs in the public realm. It facilitates the consistent, predictable placement of signs based on an assessment of the issues that affect the structure, transport, attractions, land-uses and walkability of the town. This strategy, when assessed alongside user scenarios provides answers to the types of questions that people ask themselves on their journeys – Where am I? How do I cycle to my destination? Which is better, bus, taxi or walking? What else can I do? A typology or family of signs is then developed to support people at appropriate points on their journey. Each sign functions slightly differently delivering the appropriate level of information needed at that point. For example, the major public spaces, identified in the information concept, are locations where people can plan journeys and learn what the town and wider region has to offer. Similar overview information needs to appear at all arrival points, such as car parks. A predominantly map-based system allows people to find places – buildings, shops, streets, attractions – and plan journeys. Specialised signs at the Seafront and in the Gardens provide an additional layer of mapping, more specific and relevant to those areas. Routing is then supported by a network of footpath markers, fingerposts, environmental graphics in subways and cycle patches that direct pedestrians and cyclists and provide reassurance that they are going in the right direction. Taxi ranks and coach stops are also integrated as part of the system and require their own marker. Above, Placement Strategy An analysis of the urban factors that influence and guide the placement of on-street signs. Right, Information concept Four key public spaces – the Station, Square, Triangle and Pier – which function as gateway nodes, connected by strong linear routes. 12 A Wayfinding Blueprint for Bournemouth November 2012
Information Hubs 5 Town Midiliths 45 Fingerposts 75 Seafront Midiliths 9 Garden Midiliths 7 Car Park poster cases 47 Footpath Markers 45 Environmental Graphics 7 Taxi Totems 8 Coach Totems 4 Top, the typology showing the full range of signs. Left, the sign location plan showing where the signs would be located and the total number of signs by sign type. A Wayfinding Blueprint for Bournemouth November 2012 13
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