By Hemant Khullar, Director, Delhi Brass
Project: Westend Greens, New Delhi
Scope: estate road signage, individual farmhouse number posts, directional wayfinding and outdoor metal sculptures
Delivery: design, metal fabrication, LED wiring, testing, site installation and associated civil work by Delhi Brass
Westend Greens is a gated community of large farmhouses, with long tree-lined roads and entrances set back within the landscape. Delhi Brass was commissioned to make its road signs and individual farmhouse number posts in corten steel, with LED backlighting throughout the signage scheme. We also made outdoor metal sculptures, including a rotating piece that comes alive under light after dusk. The project took our team from the first sign drawing through fabrication and electrical testing to the civil work and final installation on site.
Corten steel road signage in a landscaped estate
The Avenue 3 marker is a simple upright form with softened corners and a rust-toned corten surface. Its restraint matters: in a leafy residential setting, the sign has to be found easily without feeling like a commercial hoarding. The lettering and number remain clear against the earthen colour of the steel, while the narrow silhouette sits alongside the planted verge.
Corten was chosen for the signages’ weathered character. Its changing surface gives each post a natural variation; keeping the lettering crisp and the proportions consistent across the estate gives the wider scheme its order.
Backlit farmhouse number signs and directional wayfinding
In addition to the road markers, our team produced a metal post outside each farmhouse to identify its house number. The Shivji Marg sign shows how the same material can carry a road name, direction arrow and number range. A taller directory gathers several destinations into one slender vertical panel for decisions at a junction.
These signs have two jobs. In daylight, people need to read them against the changing background of trees and planting. After dark, LED backlighting must reveal the names, arrows and numbers without turning the posts into bright boxes. Integrating the electrical runs into outdoor metalwork while retaining access for testing and upkeep was part of the fabrication brief.
Why corten steel suits outdoor signage
Corten is a weathering steel. With repeated wetting and drying, its exposed surface develops a rust-coloured patina that slows further corrosion under suitable conditions. That naturally changing finish works with Westend Greens’ trees and stonework, and an unpainted sign does not need routine repainting to preserve its intended appearance. The advantage is lower finish maintenance, not a promise that an outdoor installation needs no attention: drainage, local exposure, fixings and electrical components still matter.
The material also shaped the detailing brief. Water can carry rust-coloured residue from weathering steel onto nearby paving or masonry, especially while the patina is forming. Siting a post, allowing water to shed and coordinating its base with the surrounding landscape therefore deserve as much thought as the letterforms and LED access. Across the estate, the same controlled proportions and legible lettering give the individually weathering signs a coherent identity.
Design, wiring and site installation by one team
The difficulty in a scheme of this size is consistency across many separate locations. A roadside marker, a directory and a farmhouse number post sit at different heights and are read from different distances, yet they must belong to the same visual family. The steel forms, type placement and lighting were resolved together rather than treating the LEDs as an afterthought.
Delhi Brass handled the design, production, electrical wiring and testing of the backlit signs in house. Our team also installed them and carried out the associated civil work on site. That scope matters for outdoor signage: position, anchoring, the approach to power and the surrounding paving or planting all affect how a finished piece looks and works.
Outdoor metal sculptures among the trees
The sculpture photographs show several distinct ways to build volume from metal. An upright composition of overlapping plates changes silhouette as you walk past it. Another rises in stacked triangular facets; light breaks across its many angled faces while the open spaces beneath keep the form visually light. A longer, branching work joins irregular faceted elements around visible gaps, letting the surrounding planting become part of what you see through it.
The additional photographs reveal two more forms. A circular sculpture is made of folded triangular planes assembled into a faceted ring. The opening frames the trees behind it, while the low round base and stone-edged planting create a clear viewing point from the path. A separate work of broad intersecting planes appears almost like a single bold gesture from one side; from another, the overlapping slabs, dark recesses and changing angles become apparent.
These are site-scale objects rather than details to be appreciated from one fixed position. Keeping each composition readable from several approaches, resolving how its planes meet and seating it securely on a plinth are central fabrication and installation questions. The photographs show the resulting forms and settings; exact plate thicknesses, joints and foundation specifications have not been documented here.
Faceted ring: a circular form with a changing surface
The ring has a strong, simple outline, but its surface is made of many angled triangular planes. Sunlight creates a different pattern of light and shadow across those folds through the day. Its centre remains open, framing the landscape rather than blocking it; the circular, stone-edged setting echoes the geometry of the work. The low support keeps the object clear of the ground without competing with its profile.
Intersecting planes: one form from several viewpoints
In the broad-plane sculpture, sloping sheets project in different directions and intersect around an open core. The result is deliberately asymmetric: one approach emphasises a long projecting plane, another a steep triangular profile. The wide metal faces create strong shadows in the recesses, while the circular stone plinth gives a stable visual base within the planting. The sequence of views makes the depth and assembly of the work clearer than a single hero photograph could.
An illuminated rotating metal sculpture
The moving sculpture is distinct from the faceted pieces in the photographs. Broad, looping metal ribbons turn around an open centre; illumination traces their edges against the evening trees. As it rotates, the overlapping curves change the negative space and apparent shape of the work.
A rotating outdoor sculpture calls for a different set of decisions from a fixed form: balance through the movement, clearance around its sweep, a stable base, and the relationship between lighting and the moving metal. The final installation gives the estate a piece that can be experienced in motion, not just from a single still viewpoint.
From a farmhouse number to a moving sculpture
Westend Greens brought together corten steel signage, backlit wayfinding, electrical work, civil installation and several kinds of outdoor sculpture. The range is the point: the same team could draw the sign, form the metal, wire and test its light, install it in the landscape and make a sculptural work for that landscape too.
See more Delhi Brass project work, including our M3M Golf Estate metalwork and lighting, or speak with us about signage, lighting and architectural metalwork for your project.