This design thesis demonstrates that architectural expression can be achieved when the historical and future conditions of a site are addressed through physical and metaphorical synthesis. 

The Christiana River along Wilmington's Riverfront allowed the city to reach its peak during the late 19th and early 20th century. During this peak industrialization, the city was producing more ships in the U.S than any other area in the U.S combined. Although this industrialization unified the riverfront, as with many industrial sites, the riverfront was scaled to the level of the machine rather than the human body. After the industrial companies left the Wilmington Riverfront, industrial wasteland became rampant throughout the area. The only traces of Wilmington's past are massive industrial artifacts scattered along the river's edge. 

This design thesis embodies the thesis statement that I started out with by addressing the multiple issues that plagued the site of the Wilmington Riverfront. Using a bridge-building typology to address the juxtaposition of the site, with the past on the eastern side and the western side addressing the future conditions of the site, I was able to create a structure that would serve as an anchor to the urban fabric of the riverfront of Wilmington. The main issue that needed to be addressed was how to relate to the past, not only in aesthetic way, but a programmatic way as well.