What if you could ‘walk’ through water like Moses did? Well, the RO&AD architects from Belgium and Netherlands have come up with an unconventional bridge that apparently almost lets you walk through water. Officially called the ‘Mose bridge’, this bridge is quite and architectural achievement and is built across a moat surrounding the Fort de Roovere, which happens to be one among the defense structure built.
The principle underlying design concept of the bridge is quite apparent as mentioned earlier: To give the people using it an illusion of being able to ‘walk’ on water. Another point in the design is to visually impair the scene in the least way possible. The bridge is open to pedestrians and is almost imperceptible from a good distance.
Accys technology was used in the construction of the bridge. Processed timber helps to keep decay at bay and also retains the walls. Accoya wood which is subjected to a process called acetylation (which is a nontoxic proprietary modification process) does the double work of providing structural stability as well as prevents the fungal decay which affects ordinary wood when exposed to water.
This water walk through bridge seems quite simple in concept but involved a lot of out of the box thinking and unconventional constructional methods. The RO&AD architects have been trying to make their work sustainable for quite some time now. The philosophy from a documentary ‘Cradle to Cradle’ have been combined with the architects’ philosophy to create this unconventional bridge. Thanks to their creative thinking, ‘walking through water’ isn’t entirely that supernatural any more!