Project Description
Joining the design team in October 2019, Studio Loutsis worked in close collaboration with REX to develop a wayfinding, signage, and donor recognition system that is visually and functionally integrated into the furniture, the light art installation by Leo Villareal, and
the interior and exterior architecture of the building. An example of the close collaboration
is the integration of the building identity sign into the glass curtain wall. Signage fabricators DCL (Design Communications Ltd.) played a key role in engineering solutions for the signage illumination through a series of custom prototypes that informed the final signage design and installation. The complex logistics were facilitated by the general contractor, Shawmut Design & Construction, and involved a consortium of vendors and engineers in the United States and Europe.
The Studio’s approach to signage is to create a seamless visitor experience bolstered
by information that appears at the right place and the right time. At The Lindemann, this
comprised system of five signage typologies, including identification, wayfinding, donor
recognition, programming and code. Within each typology, materials such as acrylic, metal,
glass, Corian®, and silkscreen echo the building’s aesthetic of luminosity and respond to the architectural conditions, materials, and colors of each signage location. In response to the architectural flexibility that is The Lindemann’s hallmark, Studio Loutsis designed adaptable wayfinding throughout the lower and upper balconies of the main performance hall to
accommodate each of the unique, modular seating arrangements found in each configuration
of the space.