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Skylight Detail 2 BRIDGE CONCEPT URBAN NOMAD AN OASIS FOR THE Skylight Detail 1 14 Conceptual Diagram_option 1 “The spring” Adding bracing (green &red) Conceptual Diagram_option 2 “The rectangular spring” WIth infill : Glazing and composite metal plate The concept for the bridge is derived from a (slinky) spring, reinterpreted into a rectangular cross-section. This results in having the members going in opposite direction on each side, thus giving an optical illusion of the cross section being oblique. Doubling up “The rectangular spring” Cross-sectional view showing the optical illusion Long Section Across Bridge Kurvin Virahsawmy Architecture Portfolio 2014