Gruop1 Alex Amy Robin Katy Mosty
After professor Richard explained the Wayfinding Project and its method, we started to…
1. Find a destination:
We chose “Xiao Fu Commissary” in NTU as our destination.
Because it is a place we haven’t visited for a period of time and doesn’t familiar with, and also we wanted to had lunch there!
2. Start to reach the destination by ourself:
We took notes of what we observed in the whole journey.
3. Record and take pictures of the problems we found in Xiao Fu Commissary.
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| We arrived Xiao Fu Commissary! |
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| Problem1/ hard to distinguish the ladies room from the gentlemen room. |
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| Problem2/ too many ads looks messy. |
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| Problem3/ the toilet sign is too small and unclear. |
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Problem4/ redundant garbage bag and ugly green trash cans. Problem5/ inappropriate placement of washbasin. |
4. We answer the 5 principle wayfinding questions:
What is our destination?
“Xiao Fu Commissary” in NTU
How do we find where we are in the environment?
By recognizing the buildings or objects which are significant in the environment.
How do we find the route to our destination?
By recognizing the buildings or objects which are significant in the environment, or look at the signs or maps.
How do we recognize our destination when we arrive there?
There is a signboard in front of Xiao Fu Commissary that shows it is exactly the Xiao Fu Commissary. Also, we had a little impression on the outlook of Xiao Fu Commissary, so we could recognize it easily.
How do we find our way back to our starting point?
By recognizing the buildings or objects we saw and remembered when we came to our destination, and then followed those memories to go back to our starting point.
5. According to the record we made and the problems we found out and analyzed, we made a simple poster and represented the process we made to our professor and classmates.
What we have learned:
This is the first day of the workshop, and we are trying to find our way, and think. Through working and discussing with group members, we learned how to express ourselves in a better way. Though it was the first day and everything seems unsettled, we would try hard in the next few days to make it clear and definite. We think that working as a group and discovering new things together every day is such a happy way to learn, and we hope we could surge more good ideas in the next few days!
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7/12/2011 WAYFINDING PROJECT DAY2
After the presentenstion last afternoon, Professor Richard suggested us to find a testee who had never been to NTU before, this could be another experience for us.
1. Testee:
We chose one of our teammate --Katy
She had never been to Xiao Fu Commissary, and this time we can analyze the
problems that she met
2. Begin our trip:
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| Started from NTUST and went into NTU |
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| Facing problems/signs maps intesections/taking notes |
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| Finally we arrived at Xiao Fu Commissary |
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| Discussing with Richard/Presentation poster |
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| We analyzed every situation by using onion process |
3. Situation and problems:
7/13.14/2011 WAYFINDING PROJECT DAY3.4
Today’s goal is to define the problem more certainly and clearly, and figure out some simple solutions to the problem. It was the hardest day for us in this week, because it was time to think more wholly and exactly.
After analyzing, we started to think about the solutions of how to “decrease the negative feeling when people stand at the crossroads, and guide them to the direct routes”. Finally, we think maybe using colors, shapes, graphs and interactive signs will be a good way:
To be more detailed in color:
To be more detailed in interactive signs:
Now the preliminary concept of solutions has come out, the next step is to design a certain and concrete facility, put it in the environment, and test if it can really solve some problems. After that, find out the shortcoming of our design, see what problem did we solve, what didn’t. And then, adjust our design step by step, keep redesigning again and again. Just like Professor Richard said, it’s all about the process of redesign.
7/15/2011 WAYFINDING PROJECT DAY5
Signs: Too much information make people confused.
Maps: Combination with signs, and the range of the map, are important.
Feelings: People get annoyed when they cant understand signs or find their ways.
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Gruop1 Alex Amy Robin Katy Mosty
Today’s goal is to define the problem more certainly and clearly, and figure out some simple solutions to the problem. It was the hardest day for us in this week, because it was time to think more wholly and exactly.
At first, we listed out the problems we found about the hardware facilities:
Signs:
1. Unclear
2. Complicated direction
3. Insufficient
4. Bad Position
Unsuitable range of maps
No combination of Signs and maps
The Intersection is a hard decision time
But then, we found that the emotion part of human is also very important, and we started to focus on the feeling part and listed out what people may feel when they are finding their destination or way:
1. Hot weather leads to annoyed and impatient feelings.
2. Bikes passing by leads to feeling disturbed.
3. Lack of sense of security when they are unfamiliar with the environment or can’t figure out which way to go.
After analyzed the problems above, we defined intersection problem and the insecurity feeling as our biggest problem, and we analyzed this problem more specifically:
After analyzing, we started to think about the solutions of how to “decrease the negative feeling when people stand at the crossroads, and guide them to the direct routes”. Finally, we think maybe using colors, shapes, graphs and interactive signs will be a good way:
To be more detailed in color:
To be more detailed in interactive signs:
Now the preliminary concept of solutions has come out, the next step is to design a certain and concrete facility, put it in the environment, and test if it can really solve some problems. After that, find out the shortcoming of our design, see what problem did we solve, what didn’t. And then, adjust our design step by step, keep redesigning again and again. Just like Professor Richard said, it’s all about the process of redesign.
After the presentation, we got some questions:
1. How about lighting at night? Will it look strange?
2. What’s your next step?
3. Will the first-coming visitor find out the relation between colors and districts?
Some questions we had never think about. We will accept the suggestion and try to improve our concept. The concepts are stillabstract. Our next step is to make it realistic and to test if it can work.
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Gruop1 Alex Amy Robin Katy Mosty
Today, we discussed about the details. At first, we were just mired in difficulties because we thought the question too difficult. After times, we tried to make the question simple, avoiding too many problems.
Our final plan is using colors that NTU already use to separate different districts. Then, set a sign filling with color at every intersection. The sign will tell which district you are and tell you how to go to different district.
Then, we started making paper prototype to test if it can work. We learnt the signs must be large enough so that the testee can see and find out the relation. We will test it at weekend.
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