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The Drava Experience
Drava
River, Maribor, Slovenia -EPK 2012-CompetitionEuropean
capital of culture-2012http://www.mb-arhitekti.si/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=38〈=en
The city of
Maribor, the second largest city in Slovenia is getting ready to become the
European Capital of Culture in 2012. As part of the three catalyst projects to
revive the historic riverfront of the city, the city of Maribor host a
competition to design a 130 meter long footbridge for walking and cycling on
the location of a demolished historic bridge.
Why
we deserve a second shot at glory;
Ja Studio’s
proposal (The Drava Experience) was an effort to re-visit the idea of the
bridge as a multi-functional urban surface that resolves its geometry between
the structural issues of crossing and spanning and the functional opportunities
that may potentially arise from these structural necessities. The
Drava Experience
Crossing the
new pedestrian Lent-Tabor Bridge would be as important as spending time on it. The
proximity of the existing bridges over Drava along Lent Tabor embankment provides
an opportunity for the new bridge to perform more than a crossing bridge and
become both a landmark and a vibrant urban surface that is intensely engaged
with water.
The
spontaneity of use
The bridge is
designed as a 15m wide surface that can create a variety of experiential
condition between people and Drava. The
undulation of the bridge surface on one hand provides the structural stability
of the bridge and at the same time allows the users to reach the water and
engage in variety of spontaneous activities.
From collective joy of watching a rowing competition during Lent
festival to a romantic encounter on a narrow walkway down from the ridge, the
range of possible interaction of people and water becomes infinite. People’s spontaneous use of this urban
surface would turn the bridge to an urban spectacle.
The top
surface of the bridge would be covered with wood decking that turns to steps on
the accessible areas and morphs into a single sloped surface on the steep
conditions. The single surface areas will be protected from public access by a
combination of steel tube guardrails. The ridge of the surface is a horizontal pathway
that forms a datum for the bridge and connects the two sides of the bridge.
Drava
as the reflection of Maribor
As part of
the bridge experience would be from underneath, the underside of the bridge is
clad with mirror finished copper roofing sheets to both protect the structure
of the bridge and reflect the Drava ripples and the colors of historic Maribor
clay tile roofs.
The image of
Drava is the reflection of Maribor and the bridge. The choice of copper as
the material for the underside of the
bridge once reflected in Drava would give more presence to this idea. The
harmony of copper with the roof clay tiles would tie the reflected image of
Lent to the reflected image of Tabor and would seamlessly connectthe two sides of the river.
Credits:
The
Lead Designer firm(s) /Project leader:Ja
Architecture studio Inc (http://jastudioinc.com/)
Collaborator(s):
Tadj-Farzin Studio
Team
Members: Nima Javidi| OAA, March, LEED AP|
Architect
Amin Tadj| March | Architect
Behnaz Assadi|
MLA, BFA| Landscape Designer
Fariba Salari| Barch|
Architecture Designer
River, Maribor, Slovenia -EPK 2012-CompetitionEuropean
capital of culture-2012http://www.mb-arhitekti.si/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=38〈=en
The city of
Maribor, the second largest city in Slovenia is getting ready to become the
European Capital of Culture in 2012. As part of the three catalyst projects to
revive the historic riverfront of the city, the city of Maribor host a
competition to design a 130 meter long footbridge for walking and cycling on
the location of a demolished historic bridge.
Why
we deserve a second shot at glory;
Ja Studio’s
proposal (The Drava Experience) was an effort to re-visit the idea of the
bridge as a multi-functional urban surface that resolves its geometry between
the structural issues of crossing and spanning and the functional opportunities
that may potentially arise from these structural necessities. The
Drava Experience
Crossing the
new pedestrian Lent-Tabor Bridge would be as important as spending time on it. The
proximity of the existing bridges over Drava along Lent Tabor embankment provides
an opportunity for the new bridge to perform more than a crossing bridge and
become both a landmark and a vibrant urban surface that is intensely engaged
with water.
The
spontaneity of use
The bridge is
designed as a 15m wide surface that can create a variety of experiential
condition between people and Drava. The
undulation of the bridge surface on one hand provides the structural stability
of the bridge and at the same time allows the users to reach the water and
engage in variety of spontaneous activities.
From collective joy of watching a rowing competition during Lent
festival to a romantic encounter on a narrow walkway down from the ridge, the
range of possible interaction of people and water becomes infinite. People’s spontaneous use of this urban
surface would turn the bridge to an urban spectacle.
The top
surface of the bridge would be covered with wood decking that turns to steps on
the accessible areas and morphs into a single sloped surface on the steep
conditions. The single surface areas will be protected from public access by a
combination of steel tube guardrails. The ridge of the surface is a horizontal pathway
that forms a datum for the bridge and connects the two sides of the bridge.
Drava
as the reflection of Maribor
As part of
the bridge experience would be from underneath, the underside of the bridge is
clad with mirror finished copper roofing sheets to both protect the structure
of the bridge and reflect the Drava ripples and the colors of historic Maribor
clay tile roofs.
The image of
Drava is the reflection of Maribor and the bridge. The choice of copper as
the material for the underside of the
bridge once reflected in Drava would give more presence to this idea. The
harmony of copper with the roof clay tiles would tie the reflected image of
Lent to the reflected image of Tabor and would seamlessly connectthe two sides of the river.
Credits:
The
Lead Designer firm(s) /Project leader:Ja
Architecture studio Inc (http://jastudioinc.com/)
Collaborator(s):
Tadj-Farzin Studio
Team
Members: Nima Javidi| OAA, March, LEED AP|
Architect
Amin Tadj| March | Architect
Behnaz Assadi|
MLA, BFA| Landscape Designer
Fariba Salari| Barch|
Architecture Designer
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