Avalon
Completed Date
2023
Industry
Apartment / Mixed-Use
Discipline
Experiential Design
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Avalon has developed several residential communities across the country, but for this location, YDI was tasked with designing custom signage that would be unique to this downtown Baltimore high-rise. The canopy sign at street level presents a refined version of Avalon’s logo, up-lit and arranged along a raceway.
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A large-scale identity sign showcasing Avalon’s primary logo adorns the building’s west-facing facade.
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An illuminated wall installation in the elevator lobby provides a thematic touchstone for many interior signage and decorative elements. On one wall, a large abstract sculptural piece represents the shape of the state of Maryland, with an “easter egg” secret hidden within the design: Avalon’s logo has been placed at the location that corresponds with Baltimore.
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In the bike room, YDI worked with fabricators Monkey In The Metal to create a custom wall sculpture made of actual bike wheels.
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Level identifiers on each floor continue the theme of intersecting lines introduced by wall art and latticed room dividers throughout the building, combining painted graphics with flat-cut acrylic numbers and brass veneers.
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Unit IDs at Avalon are actually individual wall sconces, each internally illuminated. Elsewhere, room signs use a similar stylistic language of textured acrylic and applied graphics.
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Each level of Avalon’s parking garage is uniquely color-coded, giving guests an easy way to identify their location within the building and find the nearest exit.
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Panel signs and painted messaging on columns follow the color conventions established throughout the garage.
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In addition to color-coded walls at each door, each vestibule adjacent to the parking garage is painted with an intersecting line pattern that continues the theme from the building’s interior.