City of Victoria Wayfinding

Client: City of Victoria

Credits: Creative Director: Ross Chandler RGD; Intermediate Designer: Zyre Moss-Hoskins Associate RGD

Summary

The City of Victoria and Becoming developed an accessible, CSA-compliant signage system for hybrid workspaces across three buildings—using color, braille, tactile lettering and pictograms to support inclusive navigation.

Context

The City of Victoria partnered with Becoming to create a wayfinding and signage strategy to respond to the Modern Workspace initiative for hybrid employees. The scope included developing a comprehensive and accessible signage and wayfinding system for employees to navigate shared work zones and meeting rooms across all three city buildings (City Hall, Centennial and Pandora).

Solution

Becoming created a comprehensive and accessible signage system, organized by colour and using a limited pictogram system to identify a variety of shared workspaces and to aid in circulation throughout the three buildings.

Directional signage for meeting rooms and shared spaces.

Acrylic sign with examples of interchangeable indicators.

Meeting Room signage with explorations of different colour options.

Directional signage displayed from a large to a medium to a small example

Example of directional signage in a hallway.

Which fundamentals of accessible design were considered?

The project uses communication devices designed to provide access to a wide range of abilities, including tactile lettering, braille, pictograms and colour. The design is compliant with CSA accessibility standards for the built environment and Rick Hansen Foundation requirements for accessibility.