Chosen Plan:
Mies van der Rohe's plan for the Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper provided the basis for my bridge design. In addition to the shape of the building suiting my valley, Mies van der Rohe's design coincides and contributes to my theory. His design pushed known engineering theories of the time, eliminating the need for the exterior walls to be load bearing and having each level supported by the central steel skeleton.
This inspired my own plan and section to become the basis of my bridge design. Adapting the plan above, I created a floor plan with communal spaces at the centre of the bridge and the main workspaces branching from this centre. This creates a unique navigation path for students of the school, where they all must move towards the centre to move throughout the structure.
Plan:
Section:
Draft Lumion Environment:
The draft Lumion environment provides the basic design and skeletal structure of the bridge. It allowed me to explore the relationship between the bridge and the valley, highlighting areas that needed to be altered to suit the conditions. There are no moving elements within my draft as I took this as an opportunity to explore all options. However after completing the draft I decided the best moving elements, highlighting my theory, would be the movement of the folly and base elements of the bridge.
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| View of bridge from valley |
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| Top view of bridge, highlighting placement within the valley |
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| View of bridge from opposite side |
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| Relationship between bridge and developed folly |
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