P CTOGRAMSAND S GNAGE

Alexandre Bernardo2008-344 Class A3

“Race Control Tower”

“Race Control Tower”

P CTOGRAMSAND S GNAGE

Alexandre Bernardo2008-344 Class A3

Venue

1 Venue

The Estoril circuit was built in 1972 on a rocky plateau near the village of Alcabideche, 9 km from the city of Estoril, the beach resort lending its name to the circuit. The course has two hairpin turns, noticeable elevation changes, and a long start/finish straight. Its original perimeter was 4.350 km (2.703 mi).

Throughout the years, Estoril has had numerous problems with safety, failing safety inspections on more than one occasion. After the death of Ayrton Senna at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, a chicane was added which increased the circuit length to 4.360 km (2.709 mi). Estoril sometimes has high crosswinds, which remind many of its Spanish counterpart, the Circuit de Catalu-nya which also has a similar layout. Many teams were fond of using Estoril for winter testing.

The intervention site is the race control tower, which hasn’t a signage system of any kind.

1 Venue

The creation of the the pictograms should be focused to an interior space. The interior space chosen was the race control tower, where we have a group of race marshalls who control all events of the race. The pictograms developed represent: the press conference room, the timing room, cctv room and an exit sign.

Inspiration

2 Inspiration

The main sources of inspiration for the development of the project were the pictograms used in 2000

Sydney’s Summer Olympics and the ones used in Beijing, 8 years later. The layout of the circuit

was also an inspiration, due to the shapes and curves of the design.

Sketches

3 Sketches

CCTV

3 Sketches

Timing Room

3 Sketches

Press Conference room

3 Sketches

Exit sign

Pictograms

4 Pictograms

CCTV Room Timing Room

4 Pictograms

Press Conference room Exit sign

Typography

5 Typography

FF DIN

DEUTSCHEINDUSTRIENORM

FF DIN REGULARabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789.,;:\/?!@£§€%&(<>)

FF DIN BOLDabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789.,;:\/?!@£§€%&(<>)

The use of FF DIN provides an excellent readability with a well design typeface.

Colour

6 Colour

Pantone 654RGB: 0, 44, 95

CMYK: 100, 54, 0, 63

Pantone Cool GrayRGB: 230, 231, 232

CMYK: 0, 0, 0, 10

Used in typography, pictograms and arrows

The body should be in brushed metal.

Signs

7 SignsDirectional

Construction

1015 105 1010 130 10 130 10

430

1010

2010

010

150

6422

64

R15

Text area

7 Signs

Left arrow sign

Right arrow sign

7 SignsIdentification

Construction

10 130 10 130 10

290

150

1054

2254

10

7 Signs

Identification in right

Identification in left

300

7 SignsInformation

Construction

20 410 1010

1021

,521

,543

,143

,143

,143

,143

,121

,510

600

R7,5

R7,5

10 110 30

7 SignsInformation sign

Você está aquiYou are here

CronometragemTiming

Casa de banhoRestroom

Circuito fechado de TVCCTV

SAÍDA de emergênciaEmergency EXIT

Conferência de imprensaPress conference

Mandatory

Construction

7 Signs

280 10

R15

R15

10

EXIT sign

7 Signs

Position

8 PositionIdentification Direcctional

145 mm

10 mm

145 mm

30 mm 10 mmminimum values:mininum values:

8 PositionEXIT sign

10 mm

mininum values:

Informationminimum values:

130 mm

60 mm

Materials

9 Materials

The blue part of the sign, which consists in the pictogram, arrow and type, should be 5mm inside of the body of the pictogram. This gives an extra touch to the sign, making it not entirely flat. The material sould be paint or plastic.

The grey part, the body of the sign, should be 20mm of thickness. The material should be brushed steel. This material choice gives the possibility of game lights and a more dynamic design.

Appli-cation

EXIT sign

Identification

Direction

Information

10 Application

EXIT sign

Identification

Direction

Information

10 Application