Architectural Design Final Presentation in the Architectural Engineering MSc course in Politecnico di Milano, Polo Regionale di Lecco. The course was under the supervision of Prof. Massimo Tadi. The Team consisted of Amr Alaaeldin Elesawy, Jimeno Fonseca Alvarado, Rohit Perla, Alemayehu Amsalu, and Burcu Durak.

1. USTI Bridge
a Living

2. Structure
Of Presentation

3. URBAN ARCHITECTURE
Structure
Of Presentation

4. URBAN ARCHITECTURE
Site Definition
Structure
Of Presentation

5. USTI NAD LABEM
-9TH MOST POPULATED CITY IN CZECH REPUBLIC
-AVERAGE POPULATION : 104.000 INHABITANTS
-MAIN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
-ACTIVE RIVER PORT AND IMPORTANT RAILWAY JUNCTION

7. Railway Tracks
Residential
Services
Historical City
Center
Commercial /
Industrial Mix
Industrial Mix
MAIN USES

8. UNİVERSİTY
INDUSTRİAL MONUMENTS HİSTORICAL B.
THEATRE
SHOPPING
INDUSTRİAL MONUMENT CENTER
STATION
SHOPPING CENTERS
CASTLE

9. SITE BOUNDARIES

10. 0.25 KM WALKING DISTANCE

11. POTENTIALS

12. CONSTRAINS

13. DISCONNECTION

14. MAIN GREEN NODES REPRESENT A MIX
OF ECONIMIC, SCIENTIFIC, RECREATIONAL
& CULTURAL ACTIVITIES & FUNCTIONS

16. URBAN ARCHITECTURE
Structure
Of Presentation

17. WHAT WHY
is the project? this project?
1|Scope of Work 1|Historical Reference
2|Building Type 2|Fulfilling Goals
DETAILS PROBLEMS
1|Connectivity 1|Structure
2|Uses 2|Noise Pollution &
3|Dimensions Vibration

18. URBAN ARCHITECTURE
Structure
Of Presentation

19. ARCHITECTURE A WHY WITHIN A HOW
WHAT
1|Site 1|Project
2|Typology 2|Technical Details

20. A WHY WITHIN A 1|SITE
WHAT 2|TYPOLOGY

22. USTI

23. PROBLEMS:
USTI
-Disconnected
-Congested (Cars, Railways…etc.)
-Not Pedestrian friendly
-Not Attractive
POTENTIALS:
-USTI
-City Center
-Well Uses River Bank (Opposite)
-Surrounding GREEN

24. USTI
-New CONNECTION
-New FUNCTION
-New ATTRACTION
-New VISION

25. WHAT’S THAT?!!... IT’S ALWAYS THERE!!

26. WHAT’S THAT?!!... IT’S ALWAYS THERE!!

27. WHAT’S THAT?!!... IT’S ALWAYS THERE!!

28. IS IT IMPORTANT?!

29. IT IS IMPORTANT!!!
Historically, Functionally, Aesthetically, Culturally…etc.

33. A WHY WITHIN A 1|SITE
WHAT 2|TYPOLOGY

34. A LIVING BRIDGE serves as an
ORGANIC LINK BETWEEN TWO
URBAN AREAS by connecting
them with a development of
building erected on the bridge
deck to FORM VARIOUS
ACTIVITIES.

35. EVIDENCE OF LIVING BRIDGE ON A HISTORICAL TIMELINE
APPEARANCE PEAK DECLINE DEMOLISH REAPPEARANCE
TIME
MIDDLE AGES 16TH CENTURY 17TH CENTURY 18TH CENTURY 19TH CENTURY 20TH CENTURY 21ST CENTURY
LINE

36. EARLIER USES & EXAMPLES OF
INHABITED/LIVING BRIDGES
OLD LONDON BRIDGE
THE DOMINANT
FUNCTION OF AN
INHABITED BRIDGES
WAS COMMERCIAL,
which evolved from
relatively modest
shops that gradually
gave way to
establishments of an
increasingly
prestigious nature.

37. The prototype is well
illustrated in PONTE
VECCHIO in Florence,
where butchers were
compelled to
surrender their stalls
to jewellers.

38. | A New FUNCTION (Economical Independence)
“RIVERSCAPES” SEVEN TYPOLOGIES OF SUCCESSFUL DESIGN
-Promenades and public squares: Rivers fascinate and
attract people to their banks.
-Urban Quarters and Buildings: The relationship between a
city and the river in the structure of the urban districts and
individual buildings on the river.
-Parks and Landscape: Green spaces provide a natural
balance for densely populated riverside areas, public parks
cultural landscapes.

39. | A New FUNCTION (Economical Independence)
-New Accesses: How people experience a river availability
and forms of access to it. Creating new promenades, urban
quarters or parks creating new accesses to the river
-Water Adventures: Need to experience rivers up close
-Conversion and Vitalization: Where commercial and
industrial structures dominate riversides, the respective firms
chose these locations for financial and infrastructural reasons.
-Flood Protection: influence every approach to building along
riverside. It is important to focus on developing new flood-
resistant construction

40. HOW 1|PROJECT
2|TECHNICAL DETAILS

41. CONNECTION WITH URBAN DEVELOPMENT

43. VISUAL CONNECTIONS

44. POTENTIAL PEDESTRIAN FLOW

45. GREEN & BLUE CONNECTION

46. SCHEME OF POSSIBLE PEDESTRIAN CONNECITON

47. APPROX. LEVEL OF INTERVENTION

49. THE CONCEPT DEVELOPED

50. THE CONCEPT DEVELOPED

51. THE CONCEPT DEVELOPED

52. THE CONCEPT DEVELOPED
CONNECTING… URBAN, GREEN, MOVEMENT, & SPACES

53. PROBLEMS

55. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS

56. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS

57. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS

58. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS

59. SO…
WHAT ABOUT THE TUTORIALS?!!

62. FORM GENERATION PROCESS

64. HOW 1|PROJECT
2|TECHNICAL DETAILS

65. 1|OUTSIDE OUT PROJECT
2|OUTSIDE INSIDE
3|INSIDE IN

68. 1|OUTSIDE OUT
PROJECT
2|OUTSIDE INSIDE
3|INSIDE IN

70. OUTSIDE IN ENTRANCES ON 2 LEVELS

72. 1|OUTSIDE OUT
PROJECT
2|OUTSIDE INSIDE
3|INSIDE IN

73. INSIDE IN

74. PRIVATE ACCESS
Offices
Ateliers/Studios
Hotel (+ SPA, Restaurent & Night Club)
2|BUILDING USES
PUBLIC ACCESS (Restaurants - Bars/Cafes - Night Clubs)
24h Strip
Commercial (Shops - Galleries)
Recreational (Promenades - Green Spaces)
Art House (Kupka’s Art Museum)

75. RESIDENCES, STUDIOS
HOTEL

76. THE GREEN LUNG, CAFES & BARS
ART CENTRE, SHOPPING

79. PROJECT GROUND FLOOR PLAN

80. PROJECT FIRST FLOOR PLAN

81. PROJECT ELEVATION & SECTION

82. PROJECT EXPERIENCING THE LIVING BRIDGE
THE GRACE
RESTAURANT
BY SANDER
ARCHITECTS MERGES
THE VERTICAL AND
EDIBLE.

83. TECHNICAL DETAILS FAÇADE
CITI DATA CENTRE, FRANKFURT

84. TECHNICAL DETAILS FAÇADE
MUSEE QUAI
BRANLY
By Jean Nouvel

85. HOW 1|PROJECT
2|TECHNICAL DETAILS

86. TECHNICAL DETAILS STRUCTURAL SCHEME
37.8m Net Width for Boats Path
Conboy barges 2 x 14m wide

87. TECHNICAL DETAILS STRUCTURAL SCHEME

88. TECHNICAL DETAILS NOISE MITIGATION SYSTEM

89. TECHNICAL DETAILS NOISE MITIGATION SYSTEM

90. TECHNICAL DETAILS FAÇADE
VEGITECTURE

91. TECHNICAL DETAILS FAÇADE
TECU Net

92. TECHNICAL DETAILS FAÇADE
TECU Net

93. TECHNICAL DETAILS FAÇADE
TRANSLUCENT
POLYCARBONATE

94. TECHNICAL DETAILS FAÇADE
TRANSLUCENT
POLYCARBONATE

95. TECHNICAL DETAILS FAÇADE
TRANSLUCENT
POLYCARBONATE

96. A FINAL TWIST

97. TECHNICAL DETAILS FAÇADE
KUBIK ARCHITECTS

98. TECHNICAL DETAILS FAÇADE
Sound and Light in GIZA, EGYPT

100. SKATING MUSIC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yMd13gci
3w&feature=PlayList&p=B7D1CEAA2333D846&
playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=16
THE CHANTING
PIANO STAIRS
BRIDGE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPy
EXPERIMENT w
SINGING ROADS (NORTH OF TOKYO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTsoP3WW
gU4

101. EXISTING EXPERIMENTS
THE MELODY ROAD WILL ALLOW A
CAR PASSING ABOVE IT TO PLAY A
SIMPLE TUNE, WHICH IS MADE
AUDIBLE BY RIDGES ON THE ROAD’S
SURFACE. THE PITCH OF THE NOTE
CREATED IS INCREASED BY
INCREASING THE FREQUENCY OF
THE RIDGES, AND THE OPPOSITE IS
ALSO TRUE.

102. THE CHANTING
BRIDGE SHOW THE VIDEOS!!
EXPERIMENT

104. THE FINAL
IMAGE

105. BUT BEFORE!!!
-VE POINTS:
-CONNECTION WITH SURROUNDINGS NOT
THE FINAL WELL DEFINED
IMAGE -HAVING SUCH A HUGE PROJECT RESULTED IN
NOT GETTING MUCH INTO THE DETAILS
-WE WERE NOT ABLE TO EXPERIMENT ON THE
SINGING BRIDGE TECHNIQUES

113. REFERENCES

114. BUILDINGS HIGHLINE PARK | New York, USA
RIALTO BRIDGE | Venice, Italy
PONTE VECCHIO | Florence, Italy
Nový Most | Bratislava, Slovakia
BOOKS A LIVING BRIDGE
THE ARCHITECTURE OF BRIDGES
RIVERSCAPES
INTERNET

115. ROHIT | Perla
BURCU | Durak
AMR | Elesawy
JIMENO | Fonseca
ALEM | Amsalu
Prof .
Franck Nolesini
Prof.
Massimo Tadi

116. THAT’S IT
THANK U