Bridge like a park / 2015

A proposal submitted to the Minamisanriku Town Reconstruction Bridge Design Competition. The site is in the Shizugawa district of Minamisanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture, facing Shizugawa Bay. The district, with its rias coastline typical of the Sanriku coastline, was devastated by the tsunami that followed the March 11, 2011 earthquake in the Tohoku region. The two banks of the Yawata River, which runs through the center of the district, are connected by bridges to form a town, one on the left bank for tourism, commerce, and fisheries, and the other on the right bank for greenery such as the Reconstruction Memorial Park and Nature Center. Of the bridges connecting these two banks, the humanitarian bridge near the mouth of the river was the subject of the competition. The competition called for a proposal for a reconstruction bridge that would take into account the surrounding landscape and create a circulation throughout the city. We proposed a “park-like bridge” that does not appear to be a bridge at first glance, because we thought that a bridge that is not a temporary bridge that is used only for the passage of people and things, but a bridge that welcomes a wide range of people, where people can stay and relax, would be appropriate as a “bridge for reconstruction.

Use：Bridge, Park
Location：Minamisanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture
Total floor area：5502㎡
Design：takigawa.architects
Structure Engineer：Jun Sato Structural Engineers
image：takigawa.architects

公園のような橋 / 2015

南三陸町復興の橋デザインコンペ応募案。敷地は志津川湾に面した宮城県南三陸町志津川地区。三陸沿岸らしいリアス式海岸の風景が広がるこの地区は、2011年3月11日の東北地方太平洋沖地震に伴う津波で壊滅的な被害を受けた。地区の中心を流れる八幡川の両岸、観光業、商業、水産業等の「なりわい」を行うエリア（左岸）と復興祈念公園やネイチャーセンター等の緑が広がるエリア（右岸）は橋で結ばれ、まちを形成している。この両岸を結ぶ橋のうち、河口付近にかかる人道橋がコンペの対象となった。周囲の景観に配慮し、街全体に回遊性を発生させる、復興の橋の提案が求められた。本提案では、一般的な人やものが通過する時のみ使用される一時の橋ではなく、様々な人をおおらかに受け入れ、人がとどまり憩える橋が「復興の橋」にふさわしいと考え、一見すると橋には見えない大きさの「公園のような橋」を提案した。

用途：橋、公園
所在地：宮城県 南三陸町
延床面積：5502㎡
建築：滝川寛明建築設計事務所
構造：佐藤淳構造設計事務所