*고속도로 방음벽, 어반게이트로 심볼화 되다 [ Tonkin Zulaikha Greer + Taylor Cullity Lethlean ] Craigieburn Bypass

도시와 고속도로를 버퍼하는 방음벽은 단순히 소리와 시각을

차단하는 장치가 아닌 도시를 소개하는 '웰컴 사인' 입니다.

다이나믹한 조각같은 보행자 브릿지를 포함하는 방음벽 시리즈는 총 3개의 파트로

구성됩니다.

먼저 2km구간에 설치된 메인 시리즈는 콘크리트 기초위에 오스테나이트 스틸을 이용,

리드믹컬한 웨이브로 디자인 됩니다.

그리고 두번째 시리즈는 반투명 아크릴 위에 디지털 신호를 입력,

점멸하는 LED로 생동감 있는 디지털 패턴이 표현되는

아크릴 방음벽으로 디자인 되며, 세번째는 기존 방음벽에

가비옹을 이용, 리뉴얼한 시리즈로 구성됩니다.

그리고 이번 프로젝트의 하일라이트인 보행자 브릿지는

고속도로로 인하여 단절된 두개의 영역을 물리적으로 연결하는

매개공간이자 이방인에게 도시를 소개하는 어반게이트로 심볼화 됩니다.

역동적으로 휘어진 곡선은 마치 자동차가 발생시키는 동적에너지를

투영한 시퀀스로 비추어 집니다.

reviewed by SJ

Sound walls and road furniture’ for a new 32km stretch of freeway linking the Hume Highway with the Melbourne Ring Road were designed in association with Landscape Architects Taylor Cullity Lethlean.  Artist and sculptor Robert Owen was also creatively involved in the concept design and modelling of all the elements.

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Architects: Taylor Cullity Lethlean + Tonkin Zulaikha Greer
Location: Hume Freeway, Melbourne VIC, Australia
Design Team: Peter Tonkin, Neil Mackenzie, Heidi Pronk, Kon Vourtzoumis, Richard Healey-Finlay
Landscape Architecture: Taylor Cullity Lethlean. Artist: Robert Owen
Photographs: Peter Hyatt

The project was designed to be experienced at a freeway speed of 110km per hour.  It includes three series of sculptural sound walls, a pedestrian bridge and a set of design parameters for road bridges, crash barriers and retaining structures.

The main series of walls by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer total over 2 kilometres in length, and are made from facetted austenitic steel sheets modelled in simple concave and convex folds to produce a gently undulating wave of steel floating on a recessed dark concrete base.

A second series of walls by Taylor Cullity Lethlean, are translucent and transparent, preserving light and views from residential areas.  These are edge-lit acrylic, sandblasted with a digital pattern and overlaid with coloured precast concrete blades.  The third series, by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, build on the existing landform with dramatic earth sculpting. The use of gabions and heavily planted earth berms achieve the required sound control.

A major element of the work was a new pedestrian bridge, which was designed as a gateway to the distant city of Melbourne, visible on the horizon.  The bridge, a complex curve in plan and elevation, is a tubular steel truss faced with the same austenitic steel as the main sound walls, which at this point appear to leap over the road in a gesture of welcome or farewell.

from  archdaily