Schizm Bridge

In a previous post, I wrote about a design for a pedestrian bridge for Duke University.  This design was not selected for further development, but I decided to show it here anyway.

The bridge was over 300' in length and crossed a small roadway as it spanned from one new building to another existing building.  My concept here was to express the ideas of "movement" and "disconnect" in the form.

Below is a timelapse video my 3D modeling process to create the Schizm Bridge.  Elapsed modeling time was about 2 hours.



Final Model of Design



Original Concept Sketch

The bridge seen being deleted at the beginning of the video, is shown below.  As I mentioned in another post, the client wanted a "Soft Contemporary" look.  My teammate and I designed the bridge below as the probable choice option.

A mix of Modern with beautiful materials and vernacular forms.
Enlarge the image to see model details. Image courtesy HKS Inc.



300' total span, 30' from base grade to pedestrian level. Image courtesy HKS Inc.