1996

«Antoine Grumbach: The Garden Bridge»

Living Bridges. The Inhabited Bridge: Past, Present and Future

Royal Academy of Arts, London

26 September - 18 December 1996

Pages 140 - 143

LIVING BRIDGES

Royal Academy of Arts, London

26 September - 18 December 1996

ANTOINE GRUMBACH: THE GARDEN BRIDGE

In the bend af the Wlver Thames, the 'Garden Brtdge' Architect AntorneGrumbach ltnks the two banks af the river wlth a series of gndms pl-d on Engineer Marr M' i ram either srde ofaco~eredarcade. The 'arden Brldge'is conceived ara w~th Celine Canon, Thibault structure able to accommodate a variety of funatons which can Thletry Brucbet, Oliwier B~aesch chmge over time. Landnap Archten Lena Soffer

TheOardqraBridgetonsstsofduee elemeats. Onphc south side, thk "World$ Cdmm Greenhowe' ts a vast uovered nubllc s o w arotect- C . L

mg planrs and tropical t rea and provrdlng space for restaurants, shops aad iIexrMe spaws b r live cancerts and otherpublrc acuv~t~es. Aceesb tcr the lewel of the bridge is gal& by tnteriar and urtc&r ssircasts, lifts and escalators. At water level, on eitker srde rrf the green house, them are two 'board walks' which pmrde links between the hridxe and the river bank. The Garden Ar~ade lrcs h - between the greenhouse and the towers. Hedges running at right angles to the thedgei akis provide divisions between the shops and restaurant$ situared on the bndge. Three sectwns open &mtly orno therlver,m allow chertver tvbccrossedin theapenair. The Hanging Gndens Towers whxch support the cablw for rhe suspended porkion af bridge mntaio a hotel and aparunents, with restaurants andmeeungspcesconceived asgreenhou$eswith~nandatthet~pof the towers. Their fagades are covered wrtb a doubk metal skin which supports the vert~cal gardws. Thc crowns ofphe towers are. adorned wth twvwmged shapes whrchwoke hghtrowardsthe3rd M d a u m .

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