Proposta de sistema de orientação para o câmpus Curitiba da UTFPR: pesquisa, recomendações e diretrizes de projeto

Abstract

This work presents recommendations and guidelines for the creation of an orientation signage system for the Curitiba Campus of the Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR), bringing together concepts about spatial cognition, wayfinding, wayshowing, space syntax and environmental graphic design. It also adapts a methodology that is able to use all those concepts in the design of an orientation system. At first, multidisciplinary questions related to spatial navigation and orientation are addressed, along with subjects about signage. Then, researches are made about the studied environment, including research and analysis of similar systems. Surveys are also conducted with users of the system, and all the results are summarized in a series of guidelines. At last, this work designs a signage handbook about the campus, which includes application examples in three diverse signage options.