Blackfriars Station has been completely rebuilt, based on an architectural concept by Will Alsop.
In conjunction with Design Research Unit (architects) and Davis Associates (ergonomists) I developed the wayfinding strategy and fixed customer signage for the Network Rail station.
The rebuilt station has four platforms spanning the width of the river, with access and ticket halls on north and south banks of the Thames.
Some elements of the scheme were changed during construction after we handed over the work. The illustrations below are a mixture of our design presentations and some completed wirk.
Visualisation of graphics for the north entrance to Blackfriars Station:
Sign for one of the South Bank entrances to the station:
One of our set of plans showing locations for sign graphics:
One of our suite of sign types, in this case for suspended signs:
Station name signs and direction signs along the platforms. Outer platforms have glass walls with a panoramic view over the Thames, our station name signs are three-dimensional letters that sit in front of a ribbon of frosting so that they are distinguishable from the complex view they sit in front of without obstructing that view more than necessary:
The platforms at Blackfriars Station will be long, we proposed a system of zoning to ensure that passengers stand in the right part of the platform:
