Lens Bridge Prototyping Research

The Lens Bridge prototype constitutes an investigation into the convergence of infrastructural design and atmospheric manipulation, examining how structural elements can simultaneously address programmatic requirements and environmental mediation. This research interrogates the relationship between built form and luminous phenomena through the strategic application of Fresnel lens principles integrated within the bridge's envelope system.

Through systematic physical modeling, the project demonstrates the optical performance of the lens assembly, revealing how controlled light manipulation can transform both the perceptual experience and material expression of infrastructural architecture. The prototype serves as a testing ground for understanding how technical systems can generate atmospheric effects while maintaining structural and programmatic functionality.

This investigation positions the bridge as both infrastructural necessity and environmental instrument, proposing methods for expanding infrastructure's capacity to engage with its contextual conditions. The research examines how optical technologies can be deployed not merely as applied systems, but as integral components of architectural and urban design logic.

The prototype functions simultaneously as a technical study and a speculative proposition, illustrating how infrastructural projects can operate beyond their immediate programmatic requirements to generate new forms of urban experience and environmental response. The work contributes to broader discourse on infrastructure's potential to function as both connective tissue and atmospheric apparatus within urban systems.