Ototoi Bridge (Hajioohashi)
Oval-shaped park, water circulation system, bridge railing and pavement design
Location : Kiya, Soryo-cho, Syobara-shi, Hiroshima
Length : 190m
Width : 11m
Completion : 2007
浦上玉堂 担雲閣雨図 1814
water scenery that gathers clouds and holds rain--landscape created by water circulation.
Claude Lorrain, Landscape with Apollo and Mercury, 1645
Apollo is absorbed in viola (blends in with the landscape) and his cow is stolen by Mercury. The shape of viola concords with the shape of the bridge.
bridge as an instrument that concords with atmosphere and water.
