Bridge City Plan

Dang, this looks good. Ill see if there's any room for it on the boards. Otherwise itll be the cover of the book.

Though I kinda think it needs to be on the boards.

Maribor Panorama Site

Pretty Amazing

http://www.burger.si/Maribor/MariborENG.html

Side View Background Photo

UGM Site Elevations

UGM Footprint

From 18,500 total m2
6m f-f

Not as bad as I thought.

Wood

Curvature
Originally uploaded by JumpinJack

It looks like the walkway and handrails for the existing Students bridge are wood.

The competition documents say "construction shall include solutions and provision of endurable materials, which can be renewed and maintained in an easy way."

This would tend to steer me away from using wood.

UGM Site Section

Click for bigger.
Floor Levels are at 4M f-f.

Puppet Theater/ Monastery Pier

proposed BENETKE pier on Lent Embankment, Judgement Tower (1.2, 1.2, 1.3 embankment brief, pg 10/ plan)



View of Puppet Theatre (Minorite Monastery), market and view from market towards Drava. The Judgement Tower is a good reference point.

MARIBOR 1,2&3

Hey all, here're some bits and pieces on Maribor:

1. MARIBOR 2012 website for the bigger picture. e.g. in 'Architecture and Urbanism' they mention the extension of a pedestrian precinct/zone by connecting with the network of walking paths


2. 2 videos commissioned by the city of Maribor, showing the developments for 2012



3.HERE are some good photos of the riverbanks


4. LENT Festival is a major arts festival held over 3 weeks in the summer in Maribor. They brag about 400,000 visitors. Anyway, stuff happens along the riverbanks and they have 3D photos from the event.


5. oh, it freezes over winter

Google Maps

Hella central.

General Competition Site Maps