Bridge of Remembrance, Hobart, Tasmania
Bridge of Remembrance Hobart, Tasmanian Architecture, Queens Domain Photos
Bridge of Remembrance, Hobart
Commemoration links Cenotaph & Soldiers Memorial Avenue – design by Denton Corker Marshall Architects
29 July 2019
Bridge of Remembrance, Hobart, Tasmania
Architecture: Denton Corker Marshall Pty Ltd
Location: Queens Domain – Tasman Hwy, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Photos by John Gollings
Bridge of Remembrance, Hobart
A distinctive gateway to Hobart, commemorating the fallen.
Thousands attended the Anzac Day dawn service in Hobart, the first commemoration to be held since completion of the Bridge of Remembrance which links two of the city?s most significant public spaces ? the Cenotaph and Soldiers Memorial Avenue on the Queens Domain.
An elegant, twisting plane, the 200-metre-long bridge connects both sides of the broad highway entering Hobart, providing a distinctive entry portal to the city. The four-metre-wide bridge emerges from the ground as an angular shard of metal, forming the vertical retaining wall at the base of the ramp.
The plane slowly leans back, momentarily reaching a horizontal position at the end of Anzac Parade, before continuing to twist and slowly rising to near vertical as is terminates on the western side.
The bridge design responds to the duality of the site in form and materials. The two planes echo each other, twisting in parallel and flanking the bridge deck. This duality and contrast is reinforced at night, with the ...
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