Laban Dance Centre
London, UK

Strong yet sensitive artwork to bring a vibrant contemporary dance centre to life.

Service

Wayfinding, Information Graphics

Sector

Education

Client

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

Challenge

Laban is a contemporary dance centre in Deptford, South East London, and recipient of the 2003 Stirling Prize for Architecture. Benoy collaborated with architects Herzog & de Meuron to create and implement the building’s wayfinding scheme and information graphics

Solution

We worked with artist Michael Craig Martin to realise a large, permanent artwork to wrap around the centre’s main theatre.

Result

So as not to compete with Craig Martin’s strong palette, we adopted a black-and-white approach for the signs, reinforcing the contrast between light and colour on the one hand, and an industrial aesthetic on the other, which is central to the building’s sense of place and character.