Dear Bill,
Thank you very much for your prompt reply and precise explanation. I
recognise that many urban researchers have frequently used this project
as an evidence of the necessity of the Millennium Bridge, but very
briefly. I thus wanted to know the overall background of this project -
particularly how the City of London Corporation and Southwark Council at
this time responded to the construction of the bridge on this
prestigious location. I can now figure out how you approached this
project and what you aimed for.
Thanks Lucas and Mark for letting me know further this project.
Best wishes,
Robin Kim
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Subject: Re: Millennium Bridge
The project was carried out in UCL, with me as main investigator, before
Space Syntax Limited started operating. The City of London's transport
engineers said no one would use the bridge and in any case Blackfriars
and Southwark bridges were very near (which they are) and so it was not
needed. So its not quite as Lucas says ! We modelled and observed all of
the London bridges in the area and showed they were used by different
constituencies such as tourists and city workers. We concluded that the
bridge would have a high level of use and would greatly enhance the
place potential on both sides of the river. It's all in the report,
which you can get from SSL - even though they didn't carry out the
project. - Bill
At 14:17 12/10/2009, you wrote:
>2009/10/12 Robin Kim <[log in to unmask]>:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am not sure if it this would be a right way to ask some of you
> a question,
> > but I hope. I have been trying to find Millennium Bridge Research
> undertaken in
> > 1994, but unable to find it. Could anyone help me get this research
please.
> >
>
>Dear Kim,
>
>If I am not mistaken, this was not object of academic research, but a
>project by Space Syntax Limited:
>http://www.spacesyntax.com/en/projects-and-clients/projects/1994.aspx
>
>However, the principle is very simple. A bridge connecting two sides of
>a river has a high value of betweenness centrality (people must use a
>bridge). Since there are important attractors on both sides (Tate
>Modern, St Paul's Cathedral) and alternative bridges are not so close
>(from a pedestrian's perspective), the Millenium Bridge is located in a
>strategy position.
>
>What I am not sure is the kind of work they did on St Paul's side. I do
>not know if that entrance / street was planned or if it existed before.
>Without it the bridge would be "hidden/segregated" on that side and
>would not work so well.
>
>This is quite simple but Bill told me once that Transport Engineers did
>not believe in the project at the first sight.
>
>Best Wishes,
>--
>Lucas Figueiredo
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