Crowdsourcing Contest to Repurpose Old Bridge
So, what do you do when you have a defunct railway bridge that is reaching the end of its technical life? Tear it down, leave it to rot or something else?
If you’re Linz AG, the owner of the old bridge in Linz, Austria you launch a crowdsourcing contest for ideas of what to do with the crossing.
The 393-meter-long steel bridge, which spans the Danube River is 120 years old and no longer in use. But such is its beauty and history that there are calls to preserve some, if not all of its parts.
Engineers, designers, artists and architects are invited to send in their ideas to the contest’s website. Among the proposals so far are to repurpose the bridge to create an open air cinema, climbing structures, a tropical arboretum, an ice rink and an urban art space.
There is a prize pool of 10,000 euros (approximately USD $11,400) and the closing date is this Monday, 31st August.
Voting on the Bridge’s Future
Toward the end of September, residents of Linz will be asked to vote on their favourite design, or whether they want to leave the bridge as it is alongside its replacement.
The contest is being hosted by Berlin crowdsourcing platform Jovoto, who clearly hope the public vote for one of the designs. In a statement, a spokesperson said:
“There’s a growing movement towards the use of online crowd-based platforms to publicly weigh-in on civil projects.
“Crowd-approved results tend to significantly increase the chance of a win-win situation for all stakeholders.”
There are still a few days left before the contest closes, so if you want to send in a solution, click here.
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Part of the bridge should be made into a feature restaurant & outdoor Cafe
Posted by charles segal on August 29, 2015
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