Bridging disciplines: Comprising a skeletal cuboid steel structure supporting a walkway, this bridge resembles a piece of jewellery in the landscape. (Design Review).BRIDGE, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. ARCHITECT: MARIJKE DE GOEY One of the challenges of using standardized geometry is how to create a variety of forms. Dutch designer Marijke de Goey shows what can be achieved in her radical design for a small pedestrian bridge over two artificial lakes at the Alan Gibbs Alan Gibbs is one of New Zealand's wealthiest residents. National Business Review magazine estimates his wealth at $450 million. Gibbs built his wealth through a number of means. In the 1960s he began importing domestic electrical appliances. Trust Park in Auckland, New Zealand. De Goey originally learnt how to make sculptural objects through her training as a jewellery designer. Her work includes the bridal tiara for the recent royal wedding of Dutch crown prince Alexander to Maxima Zorreguieta. Made of white gold and diamonds, the tiara is shaped like two bridges For the neighborhood in New York City, see . Two Bridges is an isolated location in the heart of Dartmoor National Park, in Devon, United Kingdom. It is situated around 2. to fit across the bride's forehead. For the New Zealand project, the miniature is powerfully transformed into the monumental. Using 22 welded tubular steel cubes each measuring 3 x 3 x 3m to support an aluminium walkway, de Goey elaborates on the basic concept of linked cuboid cuboid /cu·boid/ (kub´oid) 1. resembling a cube. 2. cuboid bone. cu·boid adj. Having the approximate shape of a cube. n. forms. The walkway winds in a decidedly perilous fashion between the cubic steel skeleton, which makes the simple matter of traversing the bridge an adventure not for the fainthearted. Completing the slightly surreal tableau, the water of the lake has been coloured an intense blue using environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] pigment. Engineered by Peter Boardman, the structure weighs 11 tons and was transported to site in two prefabricated pre·fab·ri·cate tr.v. pre·fab·ri·cat·ed, pre·fab·ri·cat·ing, pre·fab·ri·cates 1. To manufacture (a building or section of a building, for example) in advance, especially in standard sections that can be easily shipped and sections by a Russian helicopter. (Due to adverse weather conditions the pilot was forced to land in a private field, much to the surprise of a local farmer and his cows, who proceeded to lick the structure, showing a surprising measure of bovine aesthetic appreciation.) From a background of jewellery design and fine art, de Goey has successfully orchestrated or·ches·trate tr.v. or·ches·trat·ed, or·ches·trat·ing, or·ches·trates 1. To compose or arrange (music) for performance by an orchestra. 2. a dramatic change of scale. Personally supervising the welding of the steel, its means of assembly and the painting process with the same care she would exercise in her own workshop, her sculptural bridge resembles jewellery adorning the landscape, in the same way that jewellery graces and enhances the human body. |
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