AIA 국가건축대상 수상작 '기억의 다리' VIDEO: Hobart Bridge of Remembrance Awards

Hobart Bridge of Remembrance Awards

Design: Denton Corker Marshall

Location: Queens Domain, Tasman Highway, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

2020 National Architecture Awards : National Commendation for Urban Design

The Bridge of Remembrance has been honoured with the National Commendation in the Urban Design Category at the 2020 AIA National Architecture Awards.

Photos by John Gollings

AIA 국가건축대상 수상작 '기억의 다리' 호주 호바트 타스마니아 연결    덴튼 코커 마샬의 기억의 다리는 2020년 AIA 국가건축대상에서 도시디자인 부문 국가표창을 수상하는 영예를 안았다. 호바트의 가장 중요한 공공 장소 중 두 곳인 세노타프와 병사 기념 거리인 두 곳을 매끄럽게 다시 연결했다. 우아하고 꼬불꼬불한 비행기 한 대가 시내로 향하는 주요 문턱의 넓은 고속도로를 가로지르며, 독특한 진입 포탈을 제공한다. 다양한 장점에서 극적인 제스처를 취하는 한편, 그 디자인은 또한 이 유적지의 문화유산과 환경적 가치를 존중하는 뉘앙스를 띠고 있다. 이 접근방식은 사람들이 이 고도로 고려되고 절제된 작업에 다방면으로 관여할 수 있게 한다. 다리를 건너는 보행자들의 경험은 조심스럽게 큐레이팅되어 있다. 알루미늄 접이식 비행기 한 쌍이 축을 따라 나란히 배치되어 있으며, 일부러 길을 열어 시야를 가린다. 높은 서쪽 날개는 극적으로 세노타프에 경관을 액자화시킨 다음, 중간지점을 접어서 아래 교통량을 선별하는 동안 도메인의 더 넓은 시야를 드러낸다. 이 접히는 은빛 비행기들의 드라마는 다리가 조명되는 밤에 고조된다. Denton Corker Marshall은 복잡한 도시 조건의 정교하고 고무적인 해결책에 대해 칭찬받을 것이다. 황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 Ki Chul Hwang Conpaper editor curator

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Jury Citation

Denton Corker Marshall’s Bridge of Remembrance has seamlessly reconnected two of Hobart’s most significant public spaces: the Cenotaph and the Soldiers Memorial Avenue. An elegant, twisting plane spans a broad highway at a key threshold to the city, providing a distinctive entry portal. While a dramatic gesture from various vantage points, the design is also nuanced, respecting the cultural heritage and environmental values of the site. This approach enables people to engage with this highly considered and restrained work in multiple ways.

The experience of pedestrians crossing the bridge is carefully curated; a pair of folding aluminium planes flanks the axis, deliberately opening up and obscuring views along the journey. The high west wings dramatically frame the vista to the Cenotaph then fold back mid-span, revealing broader views of the Domain while screening the traffic below. The drama of these enfolding silver planes is heightened at night, when the bridge is illuminated. Denton Corker Marshall is to be commended on this sophisticated and uplifting resolution of a complex urban condition.

A distinctive gateway to Hobart, commemorating the fallen.

Thousands attended the Anzac Day dawn service in Hobart, the first commemoration to be held since completion of the Bridge of Remembrance which links two of the city’s most significant public spaces – the Cenotaph and Soldiers Memorial Avenue on the Queens Domain.

An elegant, twisting plane, the 200-metre-long bridge connects both sides of the broad highway entering Hobart, providing a distinctive entry portal to the city. The four-metre-wide bridge emerges from the ground as an angular shard of metal, forming the vertical retaining wall at the base of the ramp.

The plane slowly leans back, momentarily reaching a horizontal position at the end of Anzac Parade, before continuing to twist and slowly rising to near vertical as is terminates on the western side.

The bridge design responds to the duality of the site in form and materials. The two planes echo each other, twisting in parallel and flanking the bridge deck. This duality and contrast is reinforced at night, with the functional and feature lighting strategy illuminating the lighter, ‘internal’ surface, while leaving the darker soffit in shadow.

The abstract form of the Bridge of Remembrance in Hobart lends itself to multiple readings and interpretations. This allows diversity of meaning, depending upon the observer. Potential associations that can be read into the profile include; the sleek prow of a ship, reflecting the proud Tasmanian maritime tradition; the curvature of the Tasmanian shoreline or rolling hills; or the profile of Gallipoli row boats.

“The design is respectful to the sensitive cultural heritage and environmental values of the site. It is elegant and restrained while being open to multiple interpretations, providing the space, physically and mentally, for people to pause and reflect”, said Neil Bourne, Director, Denton Corker Marshall.

The user experience has been carefully considered. Approaching from the west, two triangular profiles or wings rise between the trees, marking the way forward. As the user ascends the abutment, the two wings stand sentinel before them. At the top of the rise, the Cenotaph is framed by the flanking wings and as the user passes through, they fold back revealing the broader views of the Domain and the city beyond.

Midway along the route, the flat profile of the wings creates a natural pause point and a counterpoint to the Cenotaph. The end of the ramp is a respectful distance from the Eternal Flame and Cenotaph while still allowing the user to feel engaged.

Funded by the Australian Government’s Centenary Public Fund and delivered for the City of Hobart, the $11 million Bridge plays a critical role in linking the Queens Domain, as well as activating the adjacent areas and future developments.

Photographs: John Gollings

Bridge of Remembrance, Hobart, Tasmania images / information from Denton Corker Marshall Pty Ltd

Denton Corker Marshall

Address: Tasman Hwy, Hobart TAS 7000, Australia

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