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tiago barros + jorge pereira: high-speed car ramp
an aerial view of the high-speed car ramp
fundacao galp energia and experimentadesign recently promoted a
competition for a new cycling bridge in lisbon. one of the special mentions was
'high-speed car ramp' by portuguese architects tiago barros + jorge pereira with team:
ines valente and joao paulo fernandes who asked, 'why change the route of pedestrians
and cyclists?'. their proposal was a high-speed car ramp which enables pedestrians
and cyclists to freely cross under the segunda circular highway in lisbon.
instead, the path for cars is altered by a ramp which acts as a bridge for vehicles.
drivers are expected to accelerate on a ramp, burning more gas. barros and pereira's design is
meant to provide a long lasting event which will occur at every moment in which a car goes by.
the ramp would provide entertainment, along with a new tourist attraction, acting as a means of
redeveloping the area.
an information graphic of speeds a car must go approaching the ramp
a rendering of a car approaching the ramp
rendering of the ramp emerging from the ground
built model
beautiful!
Mas esqueceram de colocar uma oficina para os carros batidos depois de cada rampa
It could only be an idea of "Portuguese" even ....
But forgot to put a garage for the crash cars after each ramp
The designers are obviously making two very succint political statements through their architecture:
1. A bridge you can't drive over in your car
2. A road you can't cross as a pedestrian
Very poetic - the portugese rock
Also you cant peel tarmac up from the ground like that.
This doesn't work on any level and the only thoughts it provokes are "Did someone get paid to come up with this bs?"
I think the solution would be to create some kind of draining system for crashed cars to flow to the side, where you could have a metal shreder to instantly process the metal for recycling.
Great idea, very funny and subtle statement
mas agora a sério, bom português que se preze saltava isso
mas agora mesmo a sério. grande ideia. e faz falta deitar cá para fora ideias destas descomplexadas só mesmo para animar as hostes.
Uns até falam de seguros e do preço dos carros... não esquecendo até os engarrafamentos! Lindo.
Continuem dentro da vossa caixinha (box em inglês) que chegarão longe.
Parabéns pelo divertido conceito.
Its also ironic that the entry inverts the idea of the original competition and gives a fresh look to the problem to come up with a novel (and hilariously ridiculous) solution. Great design gone bad deliberately - brilliant.
Boa crítica! Temos que saber rir de nós próprios, do que fazemos e dos concursos a que concorremos!
That's a good statement! We must be able to laugh at ourselves, at what we do and at the contests we participate!
are the pedestrians crossing underneath provided with helmets? or band aids, at least? :-)
i find it's great, because like that much less material is used, at least streetwise... and the automobile industry would certainly get a boost, because many people would soon need a new car!
if the gap between the ramps is clogged with carwrecks, then at least SUVs and offroad cars get some sort of reason of existance.
and ashraf: "It is real or it's only a joke?!!!", well think about it!
i guess it´s not their fault if the jury decided to give them a mention... who´s the jury anyway santa claus?!
i´m sure herman josé is behind this!
i'm sure if this project was undertaken by students you'd find diagrams like these all over the place...
that said... where's the real solution now?
Did you really think this was a legitimate idea?
You're probably the same people who forward those retarded emails that claim hotmail is running out of email addresses.
FFS people learn to laugh!!!!
Those car drivers always spoiling things...
Is there no moderation for stupid ideas?
2. will there be a toll for using the ramp, making it profitable?
3. how about a pedestrian catapult instead?
so this is what architects spend time on? no wonder they're all working in cafés now, society can only handle so much wanking...
even as a concept it is just something that... is not even funny. even if you're stoned, even if you're 4 years old, even if you're both.
For the architects and the jury for having a sense of humor and showing that there's still space for thinking in alternative ways, even if it leads to something "impossible" for today's reality. This is liberating!
Congrats!
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