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- Lead Designer: David Mosser
- Company/Institution: Orphan Studio
- Location: Austin, Texas, USA
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Infrastructure Design
Defined Problem:
Integrate a new ultra modern transportation system into the historical urban fabric of Bath, England.
Solution:
Built elements must “hyper-contrast” the existing historic context. By doing this a dichotomy will evolve that will help tell the story of the evolution of Bath, England. Any attempt to hide or camouflage this system or its built elements would be a failure.
Hyper Contrast:
This design focuses on the stations as the most problematic elements in the integration process. This project attempts only to solve the aesthetic problem and lightly touch on other issues such as the route, and the vehicle environment. Hyper contrast is achieved by making the stations appear as black monolithic boxes in the day time and glowing white beacons at night. The black box abstractly represents a black cloth covering the modern/ technological “intrusive” element within (light), thus isolating the modernity from the historical. This light then appears through the cloth at night calling attention to the location of the station. The cloth might by translated into black steel perforated panels as shown in this design iteration.
"A simple track design, and pulling up area at the weir avoids the [segregation] problem it would create on land. Might have been combined with tunnelled section to create a winning design."
"Very futuristic looking. Like the light/station idea, this was different. The station environment inside was innovative and different, as was the case inside the pod. Focus was more on multi-media elements rather than technical aspects of the track/station/elevations etc."
"The station is likely to look much better at night than during the day. Although the track looks elegant when shown alongside the river there is no indication of how it would be constructed elsewhere in the city."
"Stations are innovative and creative but not suited to the heritage city location. Concerned about stability of overhanging station and flood issues."