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Street Toponomy

Location

Vilamoura, Portugal

Date

June 2009

Client

Inframoura EM

Program

Product Design

Status

Completed

Collaboration

Hugo Paiva

Team

Ricardo Guedes, Hugo Paiva

Vilamoura´s new toponomy design, follows the existing street signs, as stand-alone ground objects. The proposal focused on an efficient production process while addressing the integration in the nature setting of the context…

The overall solution is somehow ambiguous where the robustness of the finished object is quite antagonistic with the thin materiality of the unfolded metal plate…

The chromatic solution focused on specific characteristics of Vilamoura´s environment. The nature/ocean light green and earth/sun bronze tone play an ambivalent role…

The new street signs have started to been implemented in 2009. They seem to have been adopted by the citizens, and blend in with the context.