Seoul Foreign School New High School
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SFS, client/user
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Ennead Architects
The project included an evaluation and proposal for naming conventions for all schools on the campus to allow for more consistency in the visual program. This along with the existing graphic identity was used to develop a comprehensive wayfinding and environmental graphics system that would be expandable to other parts of the campus.
Exterior signage was drawn and specified to be dimensional sand cast aluminum with pinned connections to support surfaces of unfinished concrete, masonry, or oak paneling for interior applications.
Interior service room identifications such as lavatories, stairs and other spaces that needed to be visible at a distance were placed at 2 meters for better visibility. Sign manufacture was 2 mm wood lamination on a white acrylic substrate with an aluminum angle clamping system to be mounted directly to wall surfaces.
Traffic area facing glass lights were given a printed interlayer to create a porous visual break between the two spaces. The pattern uses a hand-drawn grid pattern.
In the course of the project's prototyping phase a range of pattern scales and ink colors were tested using 1:1 scale studies developed in-house.
