Lincoln Square SkyBridge - 3DAllusions

TheAllusionist · #1 (**permalink**) 05-04-2007, 04:06 AM

This isn't a nice rendering project it was a light study for the lighting design of a skybridge the office I work at is doing to get it accepted by the City's design review board. Since the skybirdge is being installed now there is no reason why I can't share the study and errection photos of the project. No CC's are necessary, the image did what it is intended for and though I might use the model again, I will probably not revisit the project/rendering again. I had nothing to do with the design of the project, it is very cool, but I didn't want to seem to take any credit for design. So if you like structural projects I think you will like this one, the cables and finish out are not in place yet, but you get the idea on how much work trucking in a structure like this and lifting it into place is.

P.S. I bumped up the volumetric lighting for this JPG image, a lot was lost with a straight conversion to get it small enough to show, the original is a high resolution TIF with subtle but noticeable lighting that just gets lost with a low quality JPG, so the lighting ain't quite right or how presented, but I wanted it noticeable in the image here.

neil · #2 (**permalink**) 05-04-2007, 08:10 AM

Hi Russel, Fantastic images. I always love to study on any kinds of huge structure like bridges, Monuments, Towers. How people made them. What is the technology behind it? These images will help us very much to study on a structure project. Thanks for posting.

TheAllusionist · #3 (**permalink**) 05-05-2007, 02:10 AM

Thanks Neil, I will try to post finished images at the end of June when it is complete.

Jake · #4 (**permalink**) 05-05-2007, 02:38 PM

Yes, Russell, that is a pretty darn cool bridge. I'll have to check it out in August when I make it into Seattle.

TheAllusionist · #5 (**permalink**) 05-05-2007, 05:40 PM

Jake,
It is actually in Bellevue about seven miles away. Bellevue is sort of like the rich sister city to seattle where the money is, Bill Gates neighborhood. But if you go there you can't miss it our firm works for the devloper who owns a lot of the city and Bellevue Square, Bellevue Place and Lincoln Square are right in the middle of it with two sky bridges (this one and one from last year) connect the three!

Director Bob · #6 (**permalink**) 05-07-2007, 05:11 AM

That is a fantastic structure.

That would be one big logistics project in its self. The man hours from concept to in place structure must be enormous.

TheAllusionist · #7 (**permalink**) 05-07-2007, 05:32 AM

DB, so as to have the least amount of impact on shopping, etc. they bring it in at midnight and have until the morning to have it in place and structurally stable. They bring in a big crew and work like crazy throughout that night and the next.

kiittea · #8 (**permalink**) 05-07-2007, 02:14 PM

Terrific structure .... i shud say .. your company chaps have done a pretty good job .... Long back I was surfing the internet .. i found an interesting skybridge. have a look at it. I tried to get interior images of the walkway .. but couldn't

TheAllusionist · #9 (**permalink**) 05-07-2007, 03:43 PM

Pretty cool accordian like skybridge

BrianMyers · #10 (**permalink**) 05-15-2007, 12:52 AM

I like this project and I look forward to seeing more images of it! Curious, I'm always interested in Architects vs Engineers in the design world. The person that did the original design (not the structural, the design concept itself) was it an Architect or an Engineer? Bridges are always a gray area where one profession or another might have designed it.

Once again, I enjoyed seeing this project!