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2.2.2 FUNCTION
Example - Shipping and Transport College, Neutelings, Netherlands
The graphic facade links the building form back to its location near the industrial port on the Maas River, making a robust volume an emblematic icon for the college by referring to the sculptural harbor architecture of silos, cranes, and walls of stacked shipping containers.
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Figure 6: Illustration showing the facade of Shipping and Transport College. Source: Book (Graphic Design for Architects)
2.2.2 FUNCTION
Graphic design for buildings and architectural spaces serves various functions which give an independent image and story to that given space or building.
2.1.2.1 PLACEMAKING
Place-making is the process of creating vibrant places by combining numerous functions in a single location and streamlining vibrancy and variation in those functions. This vibrancy and variations can be attained by graphical interventions in space as it has the potential to transform abandoned, underutilized spaces into lived-in spaces where people love spending time. Therefore, Graphic Design can be used as a tool in the process of Placemaking by which people can foster a sense of belongingness to the environment or spaces they are living in. Example – HERE AFTER in London, England Dhairya Gupta |18BAR010 Page 9 Visual Expressionism in Architecture through Graphic Design
Figure 7: HereAfter, London, England. Source: CraigandKarl.com
The designers Craig and Karl playfully revived a derelict petrol station. They have used public and visually appealing graphics in striped colors and forms found in the branding of major petrol companies that reinvents the site from fragments of the past and people feel visually connected to the place.
2.1.2.2 IDENTITY
Unremarkable surroundings or buildings are given identity with the intervention of graphic design. A visual identity provided by graphics helps in giving more distinction, memorability, and connection with the space or building. Through graphics, such as the installation of decorative screens, surface treatments, façade treatments, etc., a bold, vivid, and unusual new external identity can be achieved.
Example – Sint Lucas, Art Academy, Boxtel, Netherlands
The existing unremarkable 1960s building was to be given a strong, external identity through the graphical facade of decorative screens, surface treatments, and signage. These features improve the outdoor spaces between the many existing buildings and convey the inner workings of a creative educational institution.
Figure 8 : Illustration showing the facade of Sint Lucas. Source: Book (Graphic Design for Architects)
2.1.2.3 WAYFINDING
Wayfinding is the system by which we navigate and find out our way around familiar or unfamiliar spaces in a building or an environment. We navigate using visual cues, tactile information, signage, etc. which are attainable with the intervention of graphic design.
