What is a Bridge? Inspired by “The Slowness” novel by Milan Kundera, in which he describes philosophy of modernity, technology, and sensuality, while criticizing the human urge for speed, this project is about extenuating the pleasure that sustains in the moment of transition, rather than arriving to the destination. Conventionally bridges connect one point to another, although there were cases in which the bridges created as destinations, for example, Ponte Vecchio  in Italy. The bridge housed everybody from medieval merchants, to butchers, souvenir stalls, and art dealers.
Looking at some of these examples, the project started to develop considering two very distinct neighborhoods, on two sides of the bridge; on one side, Boyle heights and the other Art district. To highlight the significance of the Third street Bridge where these two neighborhoods meet, the directionality of the streets going through each side was highlighted. Using the transition sequences within each side, each mass starts to dematerialize and visually present each neighborhood.  Approaching the middle point, the two parts start to poetically move away from each other, one entering the underground, breaking through the water canal, the other raising up to the sky,  creating a visually powerful and poetic moment in the middle of the site.