Axonometric site analysis drawings: main site plan (bottom), human traffic plan (middle), lighting plan (top)

The design solution, titled 50ARCHES, comprised of fifty angled protrusions from the pond surface (arches) lined along both sides of the bridge. Each arch extends from the pond bed and has an LED panel on the underside as well as a large, deep toned wind chime on the upper arm. Each wind chime contains a touch sensitive pendulum which users can hold and shake. This action will not only create a melodious ringing throughout the park, but also a programmed rippling light effect triggered by the users touch that emanates from the arch with the interacted wind chime.

To concretise the design, a static site prototype and a functional prototype was made. The static site prototype is of 1:75 scale and aimed to depict the implementation of the design at the site. Most elements of the static site prototype were laser cut. The bridge and arches were cut from wood, the water from blue tinted acrylic and the pond banks from grey board. Small wooden blocks were threaded with string and tied to the arches to represent the wind chimes. The functional prototype is of 1:1 scale and aimed to replicate the experience of walking down the bridge with the design in place, as well as to test the ripple lighting effect. Since a full-sized model would be too difficult to produce, only sections of the upper arm of the arch were made and lined up against a wall. The main structure was cut by hand from cardboard and the wind chimes hung from the arms on a plastic tubing that represented the steel bar and concealed untidy wiring. A capacitive touch sensor on the pendulum of the wind chime activated the lighting effect.