ATLANTA BELTLINE URBAN DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE + CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE
CONTENTS
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 3 Background
Design Response ......................................................................................................... 4 Concept Diagram . Section . 3D Model
Introduction Background World cities are defined by remarkable public spaces and that was one of the ambitions of this project. By rethinking something as simple as a bridge over North Avenue the project sought to charge the space with something that would not only be inspirational, but would be spectacular. Their challenge was to design a new bridge for the Atlanta BeltLine directly above North Avenue.
3 | Joel Jassu // Georgia Institute of Technology // Sept. 2017
It was a quick three weeks to project with some practical rules that included: movement across the pathway could not be interrupted; North Avenue needed be linked to the BeltLine in a thoughtful way; and the design had to capture rainwater. Beyond the program requirement, this was a project was meant to inspire conversation about great public spaces in urban Atlanta.
Design Response Project Overview The project was focused on celebrating an already existing urban that connected a historic neighborhood to the south of the city, North Avenue, 22 mile BeltLine loop, and the edge of downtown Atlanta at Ponce City market. This was a great opportunity to create an inspirational public space that celebrated an entrance to the city and allowing the new proposed bridge to only be a part of an already existing urban node.
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5 | Joel Jassu // Georgia Institute of Technology // Sept. 2017
With the gradual drop in topography, the project intended to make the gesture of a gate opening up the valley towards Atlanta’s skyline directly north of site. The main circular structural tube is on the same axis as North Avenue was a move to reinforce the project’s orientation to the city. There tension rods were carefully woven together to give the project a sense of lightness and elegance to allowed the suspended BeltLine to be visually celebrated as well as provide a space to pose and appreciate the view of Atlanta’s Skyline.
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“The goal of a designer is to listen, observe, understand, sympathize, empathize, synthesize, and glean insights that enable him or her to ‘make the invisible visible.’ –Hillman Curtis