Closed planemad closed 6 years ago
Data collection and selection Things that I wanted to highlight on the floor-plan: Lift, stairs, water source, student activities & doors
Abstraction
Map Sketch
Digital Abstraction
Initial Sketch
Abstracted Version of the Sketch
Digital Iteration
A treasure hunt map
The idea was to roughly sketch the top floor plan from memory. Well, it served me quite right as I could get the basic spaces appropriately mapped on paper. Upon taking a tour of the space, some more details were added as deemed fit.
It all begins with a pencil
The first draft on pen and paper tried to capture the space with some detail.
Abstraction
Reductions were made from the detail map till only the essentials remained. The outer shape was morphed and simplified as well.
Going digital Moving to Illustrator, further abstractions were made in terms of shape, simplifying several curved and using colours for details. Muted colours denoted areas, while bright icons denoted areas or objects of importance such as lifts and fire extinguishers. The typeface of choice is Segoe UI, with increased tracking, using weights as heirarchy.
Initial Sketch
Abstracted
Digital Draft
Draft 2
Map showing the Emergecy exits, Fire extinguishers and Toilets
Excellent work @mapschool/infdpg16
For reference, this is what the campus looked like in 2010 ⏳
Going ahead and closing this, you can follow the next schematic map design exploration on #27.
Lets abstract the physical world by representing our surroundings in a visually interesting form.
Total time: 1.5hrs
Data collection 20 mins
Data selection 20 mins
Abstraction 50 mins
Reading
cc @mapschool/infdpg16 @rasagy