2008 Woodie Awards
Follow the porcelain road
Paul Edison
Issue date: 6/16/08 Section: News
Approximately 170 new signs and directions of various sizes and colors will be placed on the De Anza College campus to help students and visitors navigate inside and around campus by the end of June.
"There will be signs for almost every building, every quad, identifying every quad," said Donna Jones-Dulin, director of college services.
"People are always asking me at the very beginning of each quarter where the G building and where the Kirsch Center are," said Nicole Launder, the project engineer of Gilbane Building Company, which manages the construction at the Foothill-De Anza Community College District.
The signage program at De Anza was designed under a committee chaired by Jones-Dulin. Multimillion dollar Bond Measure C passed in 2006, giving the program, which will cost the district $473,473 in total, with adequate funding.
The program will come in two phases. The vehicular signage phase covers the exterior area and the campus driveways. Some of the directional signs can already be seen on the parking lots.
The pedestrian phase will add maps and directions on campus pathways to show how to get from one building to another. It will also add building identifications.
The new building signs will be clearer, with building names and a list of classrooms that are in the building. Division offices will also be clearly marked by the signs.
There will be signs at campus entry points from the parking lots to the campus buildings.
"When people get out of their cars, they will see a nine-foot tall gateway - colored, popped out - that will give them an idea of how to get on campus," Launder said.
Quads and parking lots will be color coded to notify new students and visitors where to park if they are heading to a particular area or building on campus and also to help them remember where they parked.
The signs are made of porcelain, with vinyl cover for the letterings and maps. Launder said the combination of the two materials allow the signs to be easily updated without damaging and losing their shine.
Paul Edison is a staff reporter for La Voz. Contact him at pauledison@lavozdeanza.com.
"There will be signs for almost every building, every quad, identifying every quad," said Donna Jones-Dulin, director of college services.
"People are always asking me at the very beginning of each quarter where the G building and where the Kirsch Center are," said Nicole Launder, the project engineer of Gilbane Building Company, which manages the construction at the Foothill-De Anza Community College District.
The signage program at De Anza was designed under a committee chaired by Jones-Dulin. Multimillion dollar Bond Measure C passed in 2006, giving the program, which will cost the district $473,473 in total, with adequate funding.
The program will come in two phases. The vehicular signage phase covers the exterior area and the campus driveways. Some of the directional signs can already be seen on the parking lots.
The pedestrian phase will add maps and directions on campus pathways to show how to get from one building to another. It will also add building identifications.
The new building signs will be clearer, with building names and a list of classrooms that are in the building. Division offices will also be clearly marked by the signs.
There will be signs at campus entry points from the parking lots to the campus buildings.
"When people get out of their cars, they will see a nine-foot tall gateway - colored, popped out - that will give them an idea of how to get on campus," Launder said.
Quads and parking lots will be color coded to notify new students and visitors where to park if they are heading to a particular area or building on campus and also to help them remember where they parked.
The signs are made of porcelain, with vinyl cover for the letterings and maps. Launder said the combination of the two materials allow the signs to be easily updated without damaging and losing their shine.
Paul Edison is a staff reporter for La Voz. Contact him at pauledison@lavozdeanza.com.
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