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A New Aesthetic & Contemporary Layer
Michigan Central Railway Bridge
Alma Cordova, Natasha Dorey & Chloe Richer
Willowbank School of Restoration Arts | March 10, 2017
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Location
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Research
● This steel arch bridge replaced a cantilever
bridge in 1925
● Designed by William Perry Taylor; chief
engineer was J. L. Delming of the Michigan
Central Railway and consulting engineer
was Olaf Hoff
● Purchased by City of Niagara Falls in 2001
● Earlier plan was to demolish the bridge by
May 2012
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Social History
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Documentation
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Documentation
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Values
Historical Associative Natural
• Bridge & infrastructure
construction
• Steel, historic construction
methods & form
• Railway history/activity
• Canada-US relationship
(trade, social)
• Storytelling
• View of Niagara River
• Connection with
recreational trails
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Comparative Examples
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● Dynamic & creative (micro-spaces)
● Different textures & shapes (natural materials)
● New forms with gazebo
● Atmosphere (relaxed, natural)
● Balance between environment & industrial/railway
● Colour & harmony
● Light & shadow with trees
● Proportion in heights and widths
Aesthetic Approach - Analogy
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Preliminary
Concept
of Site
• Interpretation
(signage)
• Stairs
• Gazebo
• Interlocking walkway
• Layers
• Viewpoints
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Ideas for Contemporary Layer