SIGHTLINE PARK

SIGHTLINE PARK | Spring 2022 | Sean Anderson

This project tackles land reclamation for publc use through an industrial park that mediates two environmental concerns-- flooding and land contamination. Taking inspiration from the nearby Outerbridge crossing, this pedestrian bridge system unlocks and exploration of this previously abandoned space while also taking steps to remediate the land.

The overall form is developed by gradually applying a level of disorder upon an originally rigid system, as if the man-made is eaten away and eroded by nature even in the first steps of the project.

VISITOR EXPERIENCE

The programming takes place within the modules of the bridge system, providing places of transition, rest, and play. Each base module is made up of steel beams, metal grate, and a hempcrete base that creates a sustainable and soil-healthy connection with the ground.

This is a park created for today and for the future. Over time, controlled erosion of the modules will obsure the original grid network completely, causing modules to shift and break away. One day, 100 years in the future when the land is cleansed, the bridges will rejoin the ground and people will have full access to the site.