Willowbrook / Rosa Parks Station Improvements

The Challenge

The project incorporated an existing station site with architectural upgrades to infrastructure as well as a new community plaza and campus, the challenge was to bridge the environmental graphics program between these two elements and create a seamless journey.

Reconfiguration of station amenities to streamline rail and bus multi-modal transfers included wayfinding considerations from the very beginning of the project, and entailed a great degree of collaborative work between the various project disciplines.

Project Vision

Approximately one thousand (1,000) signs were programmed, designed, and constructed, comprised of over 120 different sign types ranging from station identifiers to tactile/Braille room IDs and interior wall graphics.

Due to this added complexity, three separate environmental graphic design packages were required by the project team, and continuity between the three packages was of paramount importance to assure a seamless wayfinding system.

Design & Execution

In addition to adapting Metro's signage standards to these specific site conditions, the project team developed a number of new design variations.

Ranging from a slightly smaller map case design to allow for better integration into planned customer information portals, project identifying monument signage, canopy-mounted signage identifying the Rosa Parks Customer Center, identifying signage for Metro’s Mobility Hub, and a further refinement of the Metro. Combined, these elements draw together a thread of visual continuity throughout the site that allows visitors to easily identify and find their way to the various functions and services provided.

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Willowbrook / Rosa Parks Station Improvements