the red bits are where the cell spaces intersect the outside of the pylon
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4 comments:
Rosie you genius. That is stunning.
I must be a bit simple...
Are the pylons part of the structure of the bridge... as part of the cable stay or suspension system? The structure of the deck seems to be substantial enough to be self supporting.
Or are they just decorative and social spaces? Which is just fine and a feature of plenty of other bridges. I rather like the idea of living in one, possibly organised in rooms stacked vertically like in a lighthouse. There would be amazing views of traffic moving across the bridge at night time, and a clear view to the city on either side of the river.
How are people supposed to move between the cells?
well david,
i'm not sure where you are in the world - probably NZ. The bridge is an existing site that our teacher gave us. We had to write our own proposition of how we would change the bridge to create something "extreme" for this competition. The Pylons of the actual bridge are non-structural, just giant phallic symbols from the original architect, they don't actually connect to the road. Tis hard to explain the cells...imagine an icecream container filled with eggs, then pour plaster or wax around them - if you could magically remove the eggs there would be gaps in the plaster where they touched creating a portal from one chasim to another.... not sure if you want this much info, umm yeah...
I'm OK with that Rosie, thanks. Navigation between cells is done by crawling and acrobatics assisted by cells intersecting with each other, if I understand your explanation and the drawings.
I'm a bit worried about the original architect/engineer tho, since the un-celled pylons aren't particularly decorative. But must have used a large amount of concrete that could have been used for laying down garden paths or other Kiwiesque activities.
I'm a NZer, but about 4000km north of you at the moment.
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