Giant Illuminated Metal M for Malakoff High School
WhiteClouds created a giant illuminated metal M for Malakoff High School, giving the Texas campus a dimensional identity marker at an architectural scale.
- Customer
- Malakoff High School
- Approximate Size
- 11 ft high x 14 ft wide x 2 ft deep
- Lighting
- Recessed LEDs in 2-inch channels
- Application
- Permanent campus identity feature
A single letter can become architecture when its scale, depth, color, and lighting are developed for a campus setting. WhiteClouds created that kind of identity feature for Malakoff High School in Texas: a dimensional metal M that is approximately 11 feet high, 14 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. The fabricated letter was installed on the school campus.
A campus-scale M with day and night presence
Malakoff High School's M was conceived as a freestanding dimensional element rather than a flat sign. The 14-foot width gives the M a broad stance, while the two-foot depth is apparent as people approach from an angle.
The bright yellow face carries the school's visual identity in daylight. Dark channels around the face create a strong edge treatment and house the recessed lighting, so the same letter remains visually defined after sunset.
Installed as a Malakoff campus landmark
The completed letter stands on a concrete pad approximately 20 feet long. The approximately 20-foot concrete pad separates the M from surrounding campus elements.
WhiteClouds finished the letter in yellow polyurea, and dark lighting channels frame the face. The finished installation turns one school initial into a large physical marker.
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