A Bridge as an Archive
Architectural Archive for VAi at deSingel, Antwerp
L. Chu (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
S. De Vocht – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
M.W. Klooster – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
A.R. Thomas – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
L. Cipriani – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
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Abstract
i designed a 180m-long bridge building and a compact, integrated archive volume. academically, i explored a space type that extends public interiors into landscape and infrastructure. it requires imagination across city and spatial detail scales.
socially, i created a visionary infrastructure. as an extension of the original spatial spine, it reconnects parcels separated by roads and opens up new axial possibilities.
its translucent volume expresses an open archiving attitude. its position avoids altering the front of deSingel, respecting collective memory. at the same time, it confronts car-dominant infrastructures and expresses urban spatial justice.