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Originally Posted by Regulator75
How does SPF with Arup (Glide) get 48% of the votes?
I think it's horrible, looks like a giant maxi pad. 
Plus those stairs would get ZERO use during the winter months, what's the point?
I rather Rosales + Partners, Sturgess and Infinity. |
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.