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Swan Wharf Project | 3rd year Final Project

Work in progress...

Working on the drawings for the project. Here is the progress for the 1:50 section. Above is the earlier version. Below is the updated version where I modified the roof because of sunlight and surrounding context. Inspired by hulls of boats. The roof structure will be visible from inside has the museum owners have a passion for visible structure. The building is most understood when the structure is showing.

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Swan Wharf Project | 3rd year Final Project

I’ve been working on a model of Chapel bridge in Lucerne, Switzerland. Here’s an exterior perspective and the interior of the bridge.

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Swan Wharf Project | 3rd year Final Project

Kintaikyo Bridge in Iwakuni, Japan

This wooden bridge is the pride of the city it is in. The construction of the bridge was necessary has stron currents did not permit easy access to the other side. A few attempts were made during the centuries. In 1673, the first completion of the bridge was opened whic stood until 1950. A typhon destroyed the structure and forced the residents of Iwakuni to reconstruct it. It was finished in 1953. Since then it has been renovated once in the early 2000s. Visitors must pay to access the bridge.

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Swan Wharf Project | 3rd year Final Project

Sorihashi bridge in Sumyioashi Taisha shrine

This bridge in Osaka, Japan is an entrance to the temple. It’s is purposely designed with an high arch “in order to mind the rainbow that bridges the earth and sky”, purification before entering the sacred temple. It is one of the most famous structure on the shrine grounds. It is also called “Taikobashi” translated into drum bridge in English because of the reflection of the bridge on the water. It has been reference in the world’s first novel “the tale of Genji” as well as in the work of a novel prize winner in 1948, Yasunari Kawabata.

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Swan Wharf Project | 3rd year Final Project

Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge

Opened in 2017, this suspension bridge is located in Switzerland. Also known as the European bridge, it’s replaces another bridge that was destroyed by a rock avalanche in 2010. It measures almost 500m and is the longest pedestsrian suspension bridge in the world. It hangs at 83 meters above the ground and is only 64 cm wide. Made of metal and steel wire.