Living Bridges

2015 Living Bridges Oslo master-level design studio @ Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Research Centre for Architecture and Tectonics & Advanced Computational Design Laboratory

The studio made extensive use of computational form-finding methods and virtual reality utilising Unreal Engine to evaluate and inform the design development. Structural engineering consultancy was provided by Matthias Stracke of Bollinger and Grohmann, Oslo.

Market Bridge: rendered view. Sigurd Gjeste Berge, 2015.
Market Bridge: frame taken from the VR model. Sigurd Gjeste Berge, 2015.
Market Bridge: frame taken from the VR model. Sigurd Gjeste Berge, 2015.
Market Bridge: rapid prototype model. Sigurd Gjeste Berge, 2015.
Mallard Bridge: rendered view. Karen-Maria Eiken-Engelgård, 2015.
Mallard Bridge: site plan. Karen-Maria Eiken-Engelgård, 2015.
Mallard Bridge: key input parameters for the bridge design. Karen-Maria Eiken-Engelgård, 2015.
Mallard Bridge: partial section showing the parts of the bridge for humans and for ducks. Karen-Maria Eiken-Engelgård, 2015.
Mallard Bridge: sections of the bridge at different water levels of the river. Karen-Maria Eiken-Engelgård, 2015.
Mallard Bridge: form-finding through topological optimisation of the bridge. Karen-Maria Eiken-Engelgård, 2015.
Mallard Bridge: structural analysis of the bridge. Karen-Maria Eiken-Engelgård, 2015.