Completed: April 2014

Members: Partnered with Brian Chen

Course: SSEF Competition 2014

Professors: Terri Meyer Boake

The SSEF Design Competition’s challenge for  2014 was span. In order to fulfill the requirements, my partner and I created the concept of a multi-use pedestrian bridge that promotes the notion of a two-way picture frame. From below, the general public views the crossing  from different methods of transportation. In their frame, pedestrians can either be crossing the bridge, standing and observing the street scape below them, or sitting and enjoying the moment. From above, the public has a view of the street. The tilted glass was installed to provide a stronger relationship to the urban environment below. Structurally supported by steel, the public can safely lean against the glass and have an unlimited view of the ground below. The bridge lights up at night, and fits nicely with it’s urban surroundings. The picture frame becomes a movie screen, as the public who use the bridge create motion pictures. Urban Frames is a bridge meant for any urban environment. It allows people to step back from their daily lives and view it from above.