Designing on-street wayfinding products for the city of Ottawa; a year-round destination for locals and tourists alike, Canada’s capital is home to over 1 million people and many national institutions. We delivered a high quality design tailored to this unique city.
We designed and developed a monolith, midilith and finger-post signage system. Jedco carefully researched the architectural style of Ottawa, particularly the unique heritage gothic revival architecture; and reinterpreted these design features in a contemporary way. Ribbed extrusion detailing on the sides of the totems replicate linear detailing that can be seen across the city. The high quality material palette of stone, glass and aluminium was carefully selected to reflect the materiality of the surrounding buildings; a texturally rich cityscape of stone, bronze, brass and patinated copper hues.