Project data
- Status
Competition - Year
2010 - Tipology
Bridge - Location
London, U.K. > map - Client
Deutsche Bank AG - Budget
2 milion € - Total Area/Surface/Volume
100,00 S qm - Awards
Tied for second place
Description
A little “symbol” in London.
Bellini reintroduces in the centre of the City of London the theme of the “sphere” which he was using, almost contemporaneously, to reorganise the interiors of the Deutsche Bank buildings in Frankfurt.
The strength of the “symbol” is clearly that it is the functional link between two existing buildings of the same owner, conceived as a sort of “branding” of the Bank which, when repeated, could be immediately recognizable to the world. Paradoxically, if one compares the character of historical Italian cities, the proposal is very “contextual”, adeptly interpreting the multiform image which has been created over recent decades in the City of London.
– Ermanno Ranzani –
Credits
Design Team
Mario Bellini, Giorgio Origlia, Giulio Castegini
Collaborators
Lucas Corato, Alessandro Zufferli, Manuel Hoff, Flavia Sandelewski
Project:
Deutsche Bank AG – Link Bridge Design Competition
Consultants
Bollinger + Grohmann Ingenieure Gmbh, Arnold AG, Marzorati & Ronchetti S.p.a.