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Originally Posted by nick.flood
I think the attraction to the SPF with Arup (Glide) proposal is that it achieves something none of the other designs do by blurring the divide between the bridge and the island. The bridge becomes a part of island and the bridge also serves as a gathering space along with the connecting two points. I like the basic conceptual ideas of the Glide but in reality it's a very wide massing and would feel cold and underutilized until inner city population reaches enough critical mass to make it a lively gathering spot. Add in winter and it'll just be a giant snow drift.
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To me, the main feature of the Glide bridge is the potential to become an iconic public gathering space. It might not look like much but, then again, the Spanish Steps are just a bunch of steps, too.
It's how it'll carry a snow load without collapsing that I wonder about, and also, exactly what is going to go on underneath that huge deck.