Summer Eights 2010.


An annual event in River Thames.. the main event of inter-college rowing races

three initial concepts: MOVEMENT



A  bridge contains series of movement:
the changeability of users’, its surrounding’s (nature) and the bridge’s itself (from design ideas until construction stage). 

According to ‘The poetics of movement in architecture’ by Michael Schumacher, there are four parts related with movement:
movement + speed
movement + form
movement + mass
movement + sound

IDEAS OF MOVEMENT as a common idea for three schemes
the study of the phenomenon of development of organisms centres in three constructive processes:
source: Tzonis, A and Lefaivre, L. (1995) Movement, Structure and the Work of Santiago Calatrava. Basel: Birkhauser
1. growth
2. morphogenesis 
3. differentation









site #1 (of 3 sites): Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

10 February 2012 with James *tbc* from Sustrans
the main purpose of this development (yellow color) is to bridge connectivity between industrial states and housing.



SELECTED site #2 (of 3 sites): Jackdaw Lane, Oxford

9 February 2012 with Owen South.
the upcoming proposed pedestrian and cyclist bridge (orange color) is located over the River Thames, and there is a possibility to connect with second site (purple color).


















welcome to the new term!

howdy!


the brief of this semester is to design a Pedestrian and Cyclist Bridge.