Traboules de Lyon

The traboules are hidden passageways linking courtyards and streets in Lyon’s Croix-Rousse, Vieux Lyon and Presqu’île. My modular wayfinding system guides visitors through them while respecting the residents’ quiet.

I developed the signage strategy, from 3D modelling and mapping to visual communication and print.

Categories
Wayfinding · Mapping · 3D modelling
Place
Lyon
Year
2024
Existing wayfinding studied for the project: a map totem of the Cité Internationale in Lyon, in a park.
Another totem of the Cité Internationale, in front of a hotel.A small information plaque on an orange façade of the Cité Internationale.The signs of the Cité Internationale congress centre: large letters A and B with arrows.
The door of a traboule in Lyon, with a short text on what the traboules are.
Looking up from the courtyard of a traboule to the sky.Looking up from a traboule courtyard with galleries on four sides.Looking up through a narrow traboule courtyard.
Looking up from a tall traboule courtyard.Ochre façades and a balcony in a traboule courtyard.A round stair tower in a red traboule courtyard.
A traboule courtyard with a stone well and a plant.Arched galleries in a traboule courtyard.The open staircase of the Cour des Voraces, in the Croix-Rousse.
The aims of the project: fit the architecture, help residents and visitors respect each other, give value to the neighbourhoods.
The family of signs for the Croix-Rousse, in blue, beside a visitor for scale.
The family of signs for Vieux Lyon, in red, with two visitors for scale.
The family of signs for the Presqu’île, in yellow, with a visitor for scale.
Drawing of how a panel is fixed to the wall.
A small sign beside the entrance of a traboule: the drawing and the sign in place.
The panel «Pssst! Lis ici.» just inside a traboule: the drawing and the panel on the wall.
A small sign with a pictogram: the drawing and the sign on a wall.
The name plate of a traboule: the drawing and the plate on the wall.
The map panel of the Traboule Philibert de l’Orme, in Vieux Lyon: the drawing and the panel in place.
A text panel for residents and visitors: the drawing and the panel on a railing.
The three keys of the system, one for each neighbourhood, in blue, red and yellow.
The blue key of the Croix-Rousse beside a street of the neighbourhood.The red key of Vieux Lyon beside a street of the neighbourhood.The yellow key of the Presqu’île beside a fountain of the neighbourhood.
Three keyhole shapes, one for each neighbourhood.
The arrows of the three neighbourhoods, each with its own angle.
Drawing of a directional sign with its arrows.
The whole set of arrows and pictograms of the system.

Credits

Onofrio Passariello
Graphic & wayfinding design, 3D modelling & mapping
Massimo Colombo
Art direction
Leonardo Stampa Digitale
Print & production

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