§ 02 Signage All projects

Parques Naturales de la Comunidad Valenciana

The signage guidelines for the entire network of protected natural areas.

Client
Vaersa, Generalitat Valenciana
Sector
Public administration · Protected areas
Scope
Valencian Community
Work
  • Guidelines design

The brief

Natural parks, beauty spots, reserves, natural monuments and protected landscapes spread across the whole territory, each with its own history of accumulated signs. The brief was not to design a sign: it was to write the standard that lets any body produce consistent signs for decades, with criteria for accessibility and for fitting into the landscape.

The solution

Solid timber and steel, two materials that age without losing face and that the park itself can replace. On them, a yellow field that reads from a distance in any light and a family of fauna and flora pictograms drawn with the same stroke weight. The guidelines set typologies, sizes, heights, reading distances and construction breakdowns.

Hito de bienvenida del Parc natural del Prat Cabanes-Torreblanca, fotografiado en contrapicado sobre un poste de madera esbelto, contra el cielo.
Landmark marker. Entrance sign to the protected area.
Poste de madera con tres señales orientativas de itinerario, con distancias y pictogramas, fotografiado de perfil entre pinos.
Wayfinding sign. Routes, distances and pictograms.
Página 2.1 del manual, Hito urbano: escala 1:16, usos, ubicación y silueta de un senderista para dar la escala real de la señal.
The guidelines. Spec sheet for the landmark marker.
Panel interpretativo con el mapa de uso público del parque, montado sobre dos postes de madera en un claro de pinar.
Interpretive panel. Public-use map of the area.

§ 02.4 Delivered

  • Guidelines design