Macken St Bridge – Santiago Calatrava
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Some context, as seen from the Seán O’Casey Bridge.
Beautiful form. The ungainly width shall be concealed once in position.
I hope those black yokes vanish.
The enormous concrete pivot pier.
The scene from the north wall, with the receiving junctions being finished off.
I wanted to pop over to the south quay for some close-up detail, but alas, well, there’s no bridge yet.
for those of you interested Calatrava also does underground bridges even if they did run out of money and go gaudish….
http://www.flickr.com/photos/venmus/3429731576/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paartyaddicted/3373179366/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/minusbaby/7893525/sizes/o/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mir_k/3485247031/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/himmelgelb/2806069591/sizes/o/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bowtieneck/2558363030/sizes/l/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenscott/2924238911/sizes/l/pyramid scheme
Ooops, look what I found……… http://www.360cities.net/image/view-of-puente-de-la-mujer
:rolleyes:The height in their docklands is greater with some tall buildings thrown in. Phase 1 looks more like that spot in Liverpool, not so good.
I see the new bridge has been rotated to it’s permanent side this morning (linking the north and south quays) and looks very well. I expected the road surface to be flat but there is quite an curve on it but it actually adds to the bridge visually. Whether the current positioning is just a temporary measure and will rotate back parallel to quays for another while during construction, I’m not sure.
@Service charge wrote:
Now if only we could sort out the loop line bridge with something as clean.
Saw a design for something much more transparent and inobtrusive. About eight or nine years ago.
The East link bridge now needs to be redevoloped.As a “Gateway” bridge its terrible.I know it was built at a time when the docks were the “docks” an industrial area but now we need something special there.
cycle lanes would be nice there. In fact a full route through Thorncastle Rd to link Ringsend village to the Point Village and the north quays would be very welcome
I look at that picture and I imagine a bunch of pirates about to invade Ireland and put up a jolly roger flag on the new bridge… And escape while flying foxing it down the wires
The north and south glass cylinders have a strange connection…
And depending on the scale, that thing on the right is either a nearby seagull or a Klingon bird of prey in the distance. 😀
from the air thanks to via @robinb and the irish coast guard
http://www.flickr.com/photos/r1g2b3/3751945332/in/set-72157621679888789/
@lostexpectation wrote:
from the air thanks to via @robinb and the irish coast guard
http://www.flickr.com/photos/r1g2b3/3751945332/in/set-72157621679888789/
Have to say I am really warming to this bridge, dunno if the function will dim my fondness for the form but it is the best ‘intervention’ in my mental map of Dublin in my lifetime. I had visitors from the basque country last week and was proud to point out something that looks like it will work in rebranding (awful term I know, please frogive me) the east of the city centre. How deeply unimpressed they were (and how deeply indigant was meself) about the pig’s mickey that’s been made of reinventing the docks.
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