ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 306

Thu Oct 5 02:11:31 PDT 2006

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TO CROSS THE SEINE
    by Henry Bardsley
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	A new pedestrian bridge, "Passerelle Simone de
	Beauvoir," now undulates across the Seine in Paris. It
	is the creation of design engineers RFR, where I work,
	and Feichtinger Architectes.

	Although the overall geometry of the 885-foot-
	(270-meter-) long structure is reminiscent of
	traditional Parisian bridge forms, the three "ribbons"
	of the deck follow the two opposing curves of an
	innovative truss form. The central deck and the two
	flanking decks alternately rise and descend
	asymmetrically from the quaysides.

	The formal structure is a "pectinate lenticular" truss -
	lens-shaped with a comb-like web structure - strongly
	differentiated in its booms for tension and
	compression.  Where the truss is structurally deep in
	mid span, the ribbons cover sheltered areas with views
	out over the river.

	Despite having one of the longest spans in Paris, the
	structure is so light that the impression it gives is
	one of interconnecting paths rather than a canonical
	structure.
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Prototype Recovery
    by ArchitectureWeek
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	In August 2006, Global Green USA announced the winner
	of the Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans.
	The project, by Andrew Kotchen, Matthew Berman, and
	their New York office workshop/apd will be built in the
	Holy Cross Neighborhood to set an example both for
	supportive community housing in the beleaguered city
	and for sustainability in residential design in general.
	... full story continues online (16 images, two free):
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Splashes of Hue
    by ArchitectureWeek
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	"Colors are like words," Italian architect Ettore
	Sottsass once said. "With colors you can tell
	stories... Architecture is made of color. Even those
	who don't want to use color must use it in the end.
	It's fundamental." Acknowledging the colorful work of
	Sottsass and others in architecture and interior
	design, the paint company Benjamin Moore & Co.
	presented its second annual "HUE Awards" in late
	September 2006.
	... full story continues online (18 images, two free):
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People and Places This Week - Paris, Farmington Hills, Abu Dhabi, 
     Iowa City, Bangkok, Berkeley, Warwick, San Francisco:
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