Crossing the border

Master thesis (2018)

Authors

M.K. Wyszyńska Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

F. Geerts (supervisor 1)
A.M.F. van Dam (supervisor 1)
M. Parravicini (supervisor 1)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2018 Malgorzata Wyszyńska
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Published Date

30-10-2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The division present in Strasbourg’s urban tissue is a direct result of the fortifications systems that were implemented, reshaped and mostly demolished between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. As a border city between France and Germany, it was always under the threat of a sudden attack. My proposal is a bridging structure that connects in a straight line city centre with a green belt, a remnant of the former fortifications, and adds to it with a botanical and an open garden.
The heterogeneity is typical for the surrounding and the proposal, which together allows creating a series of “threshold moments” with an elevated passage. It encourages you to explore the unknown other side and reinforces the feeling of rediscovering some exceptional, forgotten quality of the city.