The bridge into tides and stream.

by Deep Desai and Priyal Shah.

FIELD WORK

The site spans over a strech of 150m with mangroves and the wildlife on one side and contrasted by residential builtform on the other, it ends with a garden named the Zen garden. culverts of freshwater meeting the saline swamplands.

FLOW OF TIDES AND STREAMS.

The natural movement of freshwater from the area near the Zen garden to the mangroves happens in form of a stream with slow and steady flow. The fresh water stream meets the saline water which constantly rises and falls with respect to the tides occurring everyday.

section showing the flow of water over the terrainn during rains.

SITE MODEL

we made the site model in series of multiple sections, which gives opportunity to develop the surface (ground level) in an accurate way rather than using plan and extruding the contours to get the landform and also to get a sense of the volume and density of the trees and bushes.

INTERVENTION

Creating a bridge that takes you from point A to B, not through the shortest distance but inviting people to stay there and spend more time on the bridge experiencing the flow of the stream and the tides

Process models

DESIGN INTENT

THE ROOF PLAN FOR THE BRIDGE

SECTIONAL PLAN

CROSS SECTION A'B'

CROSS SECTION AB

CROSS SECTION A"B"

LONGITUDNAL SECTION CD

The bridge starts at the boundry wall of the Zen garden, where the road ends. the intervention gives an opportunity for the vehicular road to be extended and connect it to the other side

PROGRAMMES

Bridge emerging out in the form of bamboo tessellations, the part where it takes one down into the stream has a cane net creating space to walk through the stream and celebrate the flow of the stream. creating a gesture of bending down and looking on the other side.

A programme consists of a floating bridge with bamboo tessellations on either sides, the tidal water interacts with the tessellations giving a sense of the tides, the salt marks on the bamboo denote the high tide. while the bridge rises and falls at the same time, other programmes comprise of spaces to sleep, rest, watch birds

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