The idea was to make a metal silhouette crossing that goes above and below the water. The first part of the crossing is an arch and the second one is an underwater glass container. Due to the glazed floor the metal structure remains visible. The new structure goes above and below the existing pillars. The remains of the two bridges are combined and marked by a glass printed wall that surrounds one pillar. The glass wall is a commemorative plaque displaying information about the old bridges.
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The mouth of the Traun river
The function is a crossing path combined with seating area and an open "mini- museum"
The parts of the old bridge are visible in the two parts of the crossing due to the glazing envelop: - an arch silhouette - that can be made of old parts of the bridge - an underwater transparent container - that can hold big parts of the old bridge
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Although I don't see it in your images, I hope you are planning for a way to let people go into the underwater section, . That would be amazing, and the only proposal that would include such an idea. The rivers are so important, yet no one else proposed going under the water! There are other issues to work out, like how to walk on a glass ramp above a river (it's likely to be slippery), but hopefully this could be accommodated with textured glass. The idea for a printed history of the old bridge is also excellent!
Thank you svpribyl for taking time to view my idea and to comment...indeed I wanted to create a strong relation with the water. The glass can be textured (I thought about the slippery surface but didn't wanted go into too much details- I wanted to keep clear the concept : metal and glass). Glad you liked the idea of printed history. Thanks again for your feedback and vote!
Hi, sorry for my late comment. Can there be problems with the glass? The stream of danube and traun is realy strong. There is a lot of material floating down the river wich could cause big damage. There is also ship traffic in this area where you need space. ;-)
The idea is very unusual and interesting! But the question arises: will the beautiful and well underwater, because the water in the river is very turbid, and through it can not see anything? A construction of such a glazed structure - a rather complicated and expensive action.
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