The Brommy New Footbridge historical, cultural and geographic contexts are unique backgrounds, marked by a history of resistance in Berlin. The site is a place of reunion and division where 2 bridges have already been built and destroyed. The East Side Gallery, along the site, is recalling the old city division between East and West. Since 1989, the graffiti’s and the street art express messages of freedom, hope and liberation.
The bridge proposal is not only a crossing structure but a unique opportunity to create a strong link above the river Spree, and with the East Side Gallery. The bridge channels the landscaping flow of 2 spiraling energy along “The Wall” vestige into a new unique flow on the other side, symbolizing the regeneration after resistance, and creating a new place of reflection, contemplation through a meditative walk.
It is constructed as a diagrid structure. Its apparent seamless and faceted form participates to the abstraction of the whole shape – without any hierarchy. One option is to use of mirrors as a key feature within the structure to abstract the footbridge object into an experience, starting from the dense wall to the light reflection of the water. It would open a new virtual dimension a “dream catcher.”
