Creating a sense of belonging and direction in an interim space.
Creating a sense of belonging and direction in an interim space.
Bricolage Temporary Placemaking
We designed wayfinding and signage needs for Bricolage’s third temporary campus location. We were determined to communicate Bricolage’s brand message and spirit in an old facility on one of Crescent City’s most historic avenues.
- Use temporary solutions that could be repurposed or reused at the next location.• Incorporate Local vendors and Installers• Promotes the inclusivity of all voices, races and ethnicities
How We Think > Creative Process
Research methods and design solutions can develop over weeks, months and even years. The goal here is to show a snippet of research, concept plus style, and a significant result.
In 2015, Bricolage moved into its third residence and first exclusive location. This building first opened in the early 1900s was initially a Catholic school. To the modern-day visitor, the interior still had bits of charm in its seafoam tiles, iron railings, old hallways with globe lights, metal hangers, and wooden staircases.
Quercus helped hundreds of students, their families, and prospective parents feel a sense of belonging and permanence. For the three years based at this location, removable signs, posters, and simple wayfinding solutions would help elevate what was once a yellowing, drab and drafty facility.
By peppering black and white portraits of the student body, students saw their classmates and personalities hung proudly on blank walls.
Designing directional wayfinding throughout the hallways helped new students and prospective parents on tours orient themselves. Various rooms would change teachers and subjects year after year. By utilizing high concept, still-life photography, classrooms could quickly be identified by the grade level, the school subject, or educator seen behind the doors.
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- Site visit & Spatial Measurements: provide specifications and coordinate estimations
- Concept & Prototyping
- Press checks and installation supervision of quality control across all materials
- Wayfinding
- Identity graphics
- Directional signage
- And more
INSTALLATION
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