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Brilliant Design for an Unobtrusive Bridge
This is so cool: Tasked with adjoining a 17th-Century Dutch island fortress to a nearby piece of land, Netherlands-based architecture firm RO&AD devised an unobtrusive structure that's being cheekily called the Moses Bridge.
Constructed of engineered wood produced by Accoya, which uses nontoxic treatments in their processes, the watertight bridge is Cradle to Cradle Gold Certified.
I believe the design would not be practicable for a flowing river, even if it didn't go all the way to the bottom, as there would likely be some kind of damming effect with ecosystemic consequences. But it's a perfect idea for a moat like the one surrounded the fort. And I'm digging that infinity-pool aesthetic.
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I believe that the subtlety of the humour in Tony's post may have been wasted on you, good sir. He quite clearly understands the situation in the Netherlands (specifically the flat nation's 1000+ year history of flood defence) and was having a kind-hearted dig at the original post.
+1 for the aesthetic execution and originality.
The water in the moat may very easily be from a close-by river and 'flood control' could be achieved very simply by discharging a little of the volume back into the river and isolating the moat once this is done. I am quite certain that there would not be an oversight on this part :)
Beautiful idea and execution.
Even an isolated body of water such as this varies in depth over the seasons due to rain and evaporation, this 'bridge' will eventually flood, requiring pumps and a lot of scrubbing. Also, I'm pretty sure that Holland gets winter. I would think that thing would crumble like matchsticks if the water around it froze.
All that being said, is it possible that this is a temporary installation? If not, I'd love to know how they plan to handle the issues mentioned above.