Bridge of the Future (12 pics)

Many iconic bridges were built in the last century - the Brooklyn Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, and Sydney Harbour Bridge, just to name a few. But what will bridges look like in the future? Seoul-based architecture firm, Planning Korea, gives us the answer...

Instead of serving just one purpose, the Paik Nam June Media Bridge in Seoul, South Korea is a .67 mile (1080m) megastructure would serve as a park, meeting space, mall, museum, and more. In addition to providing new green space to the city, the whole bridge would be covered with solar panels to generate its own energy.

The bridge’s overall shape is organic, fluid, and streamlined. Travelers are encouraged to ditch their cars and walk or bike across instead. Horizontal and vertical gardens would be introduced on each floor and would be watered using river and rainwater. The skin of the bridge can be used as a canvas to showcase video installations and other media.

Thanks wishNYa, for the tip!

Planning Korea
via [designboom], [Inhabitat]

Tags: Bridge, June, Korea, Media, Nam, Paik, Seoul, architecture, design, futuristic

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Comment by Judeh El Alam on October 15, 2010 at 6:12pm: CTM!! weno weno

Comment by Laura P on October 15, 2010 at 7:26am: That would be extremely cool and that would be so neat to see.

Comment by Vinicius Betton on October 14, 2010 at 5:43pm: WTF!! O.O Very impressive!

Comment by Elizabeth Matsumoto on October 14, 2010 at 1:57pm: This bridge is BEAUTIFUL! I was just in Seoul two weeks ago, there's so much going on there in terms of innovative design. Wish I could have stayed longer.

Comment by Visnja V on October 14, 2010 at 1:16pm: TNX Again! I Really LOVE this Hybrid-bridge! ;)

Comment by Eugene on October 14, 2010 at 12:09pm: All credit goes to WishNYa. She's the one that submitted it. =)

Comment by Lp47 on October 14, 2010 at 11:43am: thanks for the upload Eugene, these pics are so inspiring!