TheSan Francisco Bay Bridge , a marvel of engineering when it was construct in the 1930s , is now crumbling and mentally ill . As structure teams crop on replacing it with another span , designer suggest ways the abandoned span could be reuse .
Architecture student at UC Berkeley advise a phone number of way the abandoned old bridge could be turn into more housing or public space for the city . An forsake promote train occupation in New York City was recently transformed into a park , so the idea is n’t totally far - fetched . The problem is that presently the span of bridge requires a lot of sustentation to be good , so it ’s not likely that put house on it would be a brilliant program . Unless you had the money to retrofit it . And that cost tag is so high that the local government choose to gift in a new nosepiece rather than relieve the previous one .
So take these designs asspeculative architecture . More likely , the bridge will be disassemble or become a fowl home ground . And maybe squatters will take up residence there , like in William Gibson ’s Virtual Light .
David Dana suggests mixed use housing , shop , and garden .
Lan Hu guess a giant sumptuousness hotel capping the close of the bridge , looking very futuristic . It would be reach by ferry .
Nicole Lew suggest garden and a few shops .
viaSan Francisco Chronicle
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