A pedestrian bridge shaped by the intersection of site parameters: Underground utilities, existing buildings and paths that provides ADA access for two 1930’s classroom buildings. Situated in the heart of Los Angeles, at the historic City College campus, the placement of the elevator and the elevated entry sequence of ramps, stairs and walkways connecting the ground floors create a new combined grand entrance to both buildings, activating an underutilized plaza, terminating the end of a campus pedestrian thoroughfare. The proposed bridge is composed of a 100-ft long, curvilinear steel trussed-box that connects the two existing classroom buildings and is wrapped in lightweight polycarbonate panels for protection from the elements. The bridge is extremely irregular in plan and places the truss in a continual state of torsion; yet the bridge’s center of mass is balanced such that the two northern piers carry nearly all of the dead load.
