CHCCP WAYFINDING REDESIGN

CHCCP WAYFINDING REDESIGN

Art Director: Mingjie Liu, Pohan Chien
Design: Pohan Chien, Xiangyu Wang,
Hungjen Wu

Wayfinding System Design

2024

Project Owner: JIIDII.CO
https://jiidii.co/CHCCP-Wayfinding-Redesign

The redesigned wayfinding system for “CHCC Park” returns its focus to the site’s historical context of "former paper factory", while considering the present scenery of industrial relics.

By incorporating the imagery of paper being bent or folded, a unique visual vocabulary was established to present a distinct identity suited for navigation purposes and future expansions.

The predecessor of the Chung Hsing Cultural and Creative Park can be traced back to the Taiwan Industrial Corporation, which was established in 1935. It was later reorganized into a state-owned paper factory. In 2013, the Yilan County Government initiated the preservation and revitalization of industrial heritage within the park. Since then, it has gradually developed into a space for cultivating and operating local cultural and creative applications.

However, after years of operation, no complete wayfinding system was established among the park. Designs with mixed styles had been implemented between different stages of construction, and as operating policies of some facilities had changed, a certain proportion of signages no longer meet actual needs.
Thus in 2023, the park commissioned us to carry out a one-year work plan, aiming to update the overall wayfinding system.

中興文創園區營運至今，舊有指標已不符合實際需求。團隊實地造訪後，搜集民眾及業者意見、製作現況調查與動線分析，從而著手系統更新設計。

更新後的視覺焦點回歸「紙廠」的歷史脈絡，圖標融入紙張彎折、捲曲意象；色彩與字體也因應工業遺構景色進行搭配，並重新規劃建築名稱系統與資訊陳列層級。

「中興文化創意園區」前身可回溯至昭和10年（西元1935年）成立的「臺灣興業株式會社」，後經歷國營事業接管改組為「中興紙廠」。2013年由宜蘭縣政府經手轉型，透過工業遺構的保存與活化，逐步發展成培育及經營地方文創應用的空間。

然而園區營運多年以來，並未建立完整的指標系統，在不同階段的建設當中參雜風格各異的設計；且隨著部分設施營運方針改變，一定比例的指標已不再符合實際需求。為此，園區遂於2023年委託團隊進行指標系統的更新設計及施作，並隨之展開為期一年的工作計劃。