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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS IN

URBAN DESIGN
SIGNS and SYMBOLS
• Signs are used to convey information in pictorial
form.
• This has many advantages over written instructions.
• People who talk different languages can understand
the same common signs.
• Informations for some tasks can be clearer when
given as drawings.
• Symbols are a mark used as a conventional repre-
sentation of an object, function, or process.
There are different families of signs:
• Mandatory Signs
• Prohibition Signs
• Warning Signs
• Safety Signs
• Danger signs
MANDATORY SIGNS
• A "mandatory sign" means a sign
prescribing behavior. These signs
are required to be blue. A mandatory sign shall
show only what action is
required. Mandatory signs generally use a white
safety symbol on a blue background
• They give a positive instruction. In other
words they tell you what to do rather than
what not to do.
Examples:
PROHIBITON SIGNS
• A "prohibition sign" means a safety
sign prohibiting behavior likely to cause a risk
to health or safety. These health &
safety signs are required to be red. A prohibi-
tion sign shall show only what or who is for-
bidden.
Examples:
WARNING SIGNS
• Warning signs are to warn of hazards or a
hazardous condition that is not likely to be life-
threatening. The hazard symbol should be black
on a yellow background and commonly a triangle
depicted around the hazard symbol.
Examples:
SAFETY SIGNS
• A safety and/or health sign is defined as
information or instruction about health and
safety at work on a signboard, a color, an
illuminated sign or acoustic signal, a verbal
communication or hand signal.
Examples:
DANGER SIGNS
• an indication that a bad or dangerous situation
is likely to develop.
Examples:
• There are also general information signs used
for a different purposes.
Examples:
This is used to show disabled access.

These signs are used commonly to distinguish


the male and female toilets.
BUILDING SYMBOLS
• Engineers or architects need to use symbols to
show the different
materials used in building a house.
• This is law as when submitting planning per-
mission a company must
be able to prove the quality of the houses or
buildings they want to
build.
• These are some common symbols that you will
need to remember.
REFERENCES:
http://www.safetysignsupplies.co.uk/search/sign-classification/mandatory/
https://www.slideshare.net/mrbtec/signs-symbols
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GROUP 7
CALCES, AIRAH KAYE V.
PENASCOSAS, MARIEL
RAMOS, ULAIZA GENELLE M.
VERGARA, HELEN JOY A.

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