2003
Nashville, TN
Cut metal fence panels and concrete seating
The Shelby Street Bridge in Nashville,
Tennessee is 100 years old, and is showing its age. Although it is an
architecturally significant bridge, it has become structurally unsound,
and can no longer support vehicular traffic. Wanting to keep the bridge,
the city of Nashville has decided to turn it into a pedestrian bridge,
connecting downtown with the East Nashville neighborhood on the other
side of the Cumberland River. Working with landscape architects Hawkins
Partners, I designed a set of fence panels that recall the history of
Cumberland River travel.
In a tight composition of water-jet-cut metal, images of canoes, riverboats,
and barges are woven together. The fence panels are installed at
four lookout spots on the bridge. Also included in the project are a
series of boat-shaped bollards. Used both to separate pedestrian traffic
from trolleys that will use the center of the bridge and also as seating,
the abstracted boat shapes will be formed from concrete, which are undercut
to appear to float a few inches off the ground.
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Metal fence panels featuring a design incorporating
images of the history of travel and industry on the Cumberland River.
Look for a flatboat, canoe, paddle, flatboat, paddleboat, barge, and
hopper in the design. |
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