PEACEFUL ISLANDS
A wayfinding system that promotes
peacefulness by highlighting
hidden spots in the city center
2019
By projecting silence into the city, changing perspectives and focus is the goal of the design. It intended to give a fresh view of the busy city, and create a contrast, to introduce an escape from the noise.
In this way, a mirror sign system reflects plain peaceful scenes such as empty sky or green weeds, to highlight the silent corners behind the streets. A delicate floating sign with the word "Silence" blend into the background, to remind people about the silence gently.
Volume is not the only essential elements in creating a soothing environment. The standard of a peaceful island should be carefully categorized. It includes many other factors such as the percentage of nature, openness of the place, and visitors flow rates etc.
The map intends to link these peaceful islands in the city together, to create routes and networks. It provides citizens another option, a far way to your destination but a closer way to your heart. It improves city wellbeing by visualizing a layer of silence. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
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