a queue of wheelchair users from the local village queue up to be the first person to cross the bridge and onto the island something that they might not have done for many, many years. in my mind, this was a textbook example of how you should design a major piece of engineering in a really sensitive heritage or archaeological site. you could look at all sorts of designs for bridges that would actually have to go through the archaeology on the surface of the island. the elegance of this solution was that it s anchored into the rock on either side below the sensitive archaeology. very, very clever. the materials we used were important notjust structurally, but also how it tied into the landscape, its situation. for the bridge deck, we used delabor slate, which is mined from the quarryjust two miles away. 40,000 hand split and hand cut slates all laid on edge, like after eight mints. one word that sort of encapsulates the building, its not a very architectural word, but it s for me, i
because they had bad knees, they use wheelchairs whatever it was. now we have essentially step free access right from the car park all the way through onto the site, and it was so satisfying on the opening day to see literally a queue of wheelchair users from the local village queue up to be the first person to cross the bridge and onto the island something that they might not have done for many, many years. in my mind, this was a textbook example of how you should design a major piece of engineering in a really sensitive heritage or archaeological site. you could look at all sorts of designs for bridges that would actually have to go through the archaeology on the surface of the island. the elegance of this solution was that it s anchored into the rock on either side below the sensitive archaeology. very, very clever. the materials that were used were important notjust structurally, but also how it tied into the landscape, its situation. for the bridge deck,
to the site. one of the major problems at tintagel is this incredibly rocky landscape. we wanted to be able to get lots of people here who couldn t get here before. because there were so many steps up to the island, a lot of people couldn t because they had bad knees, they use wheelchairs whatever it was. now we have essentially step free access right from the car park all the way through onto the site, and it was so satisfying on the opening day to see literally a queue of wheelchair users from the local village queue up to be the first person to cross the bridge and onto the island something that they might not have done for many, many years. in my mind, this was a textbook example of how you should design a major piece of engineering in a really sensitive heritage or archaeological site. you could look at all sorts of designs for bridges that would actually have to go
incredibly rocky landscape. we wanted to be able to get lots of people here who couldn t get here before because there were so many steps up to the island, a lot of people couldn t because they had bad knees, use wheelchairs whatever it was. now we have essentially step free access all the way from the car park onto the site, and it was so satisfying on the opening day to see literally a queue of wheelchair users from the local village queue up to be the first person to cross the bridge and onto the island something that they may not have done for many, many years. in my mind, this was a textbook example of how you should design a major piece of engineering in a really sensitive heritage or archaeological site. you could look at all sorts of designs for bridges that would actually have to go through the archaeology on the surface of the island. the elegance of this solution is that it is anchored into the rock on either side below the archaeology, so very, very clever. the material
now we have essentially step free access all the way from the car park of the site, and it was so satisfying on the opening day to see literally a queue of wheelchair users from the local village queue up to be the first person to cross the bridge and beyond the island, something that they may not have done for many, many years. in my mind this was a textbook example of how you should design a major piece of engineering in a really sensitive heritage or archaeological site. you could look at all sorts of designs for bridges that would actually have to go through the archaeology on the surface of the island. the elegance of this solution is that it is anchored into the rock on either side below the archaeology, so very, very clever. the materials that were used were not just structural but also tied into the landscape and situation. for the bridge deck we used slate mine from the quarry