ARCH1101 Investigating the Essence of a Bridge and Inspirations/ Examples of Bridges

Bridge

1. a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
2. a connecting, transitional, or intermediate route or phase between two adjacent elements, activities, conditions, or the like: Working at the hospital was a bridge between Medicalschool and private practice.
3. Also, bridge passage. a passage in a literary work or a scene in a play serving as a movement between two other passages or scenes of greater importance.
4. Nautical.

• a raised transverse platform from which a power vessel is navigated: often includes a pilot house and a chart house.
• any of various other raised platforms from which the navigation or docking of a vessel is supervised.
• a bridge house or bridge superstructure.
• a raised walkway running fore-and-aft.

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From Shaowen Wang's Blog:

1. "a location comes into existence only by virtue of the bridge"
2. "The will to connection had become a shaping of things, still being dependent on its frequency or rarity."
3. "allows a 360º view over the landscape"
4. "breaks...the upper and lower parts"
5. "dynamic and constantly changing in accordance with the geographical and climatic conditions of the given season...the bridge as a place is the part of the road that preconditions movement. The bridge is not merely a thing (Heidegger), nor a picture (Simmel), but an event (Heidegger)."

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Flux Exhibition, 2009, LIFT Architects, California, viewed 22 May 2010, http://www.liftarchitects.com/display/ShowJournal?moduleId=1119495&categoryId=95362.

Alamillo Bridge, 1992, APS Physics, Spain, viewed 22 May 2010, http://www.compadre.org/informal/images/features/CalatravaAlamillo-large5-15.jpg.

Light Rail Train Bridge, 2009, FC Barcelona Forum Site, Jerusalem, viewed 22 May 2010, http://aminus3.s3.amazonaws.com/image/g0010/u00009902/i00422862/1677cde814c49e396c0e0379379fe7f6_large.jpg

Petah Tikva Bridge, 2007, David Rabkin Photography, Israel, viewed 22 May 2010, http://www.pbase.com/rdavid/image/99202560.