ABOUT THE FUNCTION
The bridge is a school of art alive, which means that there are no restrictions, anyone can cross the bridge while the studios happen, all are users. There is vegetation growing on the panels stuck in the wooden structure, there is also space reserved for toillet, administration, caffee, as well as a square for leisure breaks and for the community to enjoy. The funds made available for users to express their emotions are several: dance, theater, music, painting, drawing, planting.
ABOUT THE LOCALIZATION
The Nottingham Canal carries a historical relevance to the city of Nottingham, arousing feelings and emotions in its users over decades. With the proposal to make an inhabited bridge, encouraging the flow in this region, the most appropriate location was chosen, taking into account geographical features, longest distance between two bridges, and physical, more isolated area that needed more dynamic when in the same time linked two distant areas of the city.
ABOUT THE FORM
The bridge in question connects the city to more residential area, surpassing the Castle Boulevard Road. The idea is to find a form and a design that covers that long area and at same time does not compete with the enviroment.
ABOUT THE EMOTIONS
The Canal’s region is a place that awakens calm, peace, tranquility in people. The bridge acts as a stimulus to those sensations, enhancing the serenity and the beauty of the place.
The bridge function also aims at the development of positive emotions in people, an art school, open to the public and alive because of the users and the nature, can function as a therapy, a relaxation and learning site.
The bridge is a school of art alive, which means that there are no restrictions, anyone can cross the bridge while the studios happen, all are users. There is vegetation growing on the panels stuck in the wooden structure, there is also space reserved for toillet, administration, caffee, as well as a square for leisure breaks and for the community to enjoy. The funds made available for users to express their emotions are several: dance, theater, music, painting, drawing, planting.
ABOUT THE LOCALIZATION
The Nottingham Canal carries a historical relevance to the city of Nottingham, arousing feelings and emotions in its users over decades. With the proposal to make an inhabited bridge, encouraging the flow in this region, the most appropriate location was chosen, taking into account geographical features, longest distance between two bridges, and physical, more isolated area that needed more dynamic when in the same time linked two distant areas of the city.
ABOUT THE FORM
The bridge in question connects the city to more residential area, surpassing the Castle Boulevard Road. The idea is to find a form and a design that covers that long area and at same time does not compete with the enviroment.
ABOUT THE EMOTIONS
The Canal’s region is a place that awakens calm, peace, tranquility in people. The bridge acts as a stimulus to those sensations, enhancing the serenity and the beauty of the place.
The bridge function also aims at the development of positive emotions in people, an art school, open to the public and alive because of the users and the nature, can function as a therapy, a relaxation and learning site.
Development of the form and the square (the pattern of the pavement):
THE DESIGN
First try:
Second try and final design:
Thinking about the structure:
Technical draws:
Models: