特里尔邮局引导墙设计

Firm： WW+ architektur + management

Type： Commercial › Office Shopping Mall Government + Health › Court/Post Office Hospitality + Sport › Restaurant Residential › Multi Unit Housing

STATUS： Built

YEAR： 2014

Guiding wall Post Office

City, squares, tree populations, flanked by buildings of various use; in between paths that connect. People move along these routes from place to place, lingering, a constant flow; here and there. The essential characteristics for a functioning guidance and orientation system are providing guidance, orientation, information and identification – for tenants, employees, visitors and suppliers alike. The orientation and consistency of this key information represents an absolute necessity for the main users (tenants of retail spaces, a hotel, restaurants and offices) of the former post office on Trier’s Kornmarkt, as well as for visitors to the historic building ensemble

Construction

The guiding wall was constructed using double-sided, powder-coated aluminium panels. For monument protection reasons, the wall can be fully removed without leaving a trace.

The 3-4mm strong and free-floating aluminium panels feature a foliage design that has been lasered into it and is backlit by LED lights. This creates a distinctive night and day effect.

A secular gate construction is turned into a lighting installation. This element now constitutes, for users and passers-by alike, the reference for the Posthof buildings as a whole.

Further advertising materials and signposts are consequently no longer required for the exposed main building.