Expedition, the engineering firm run by Summer School directors Chris Wise and Ed McCann, have recently completed the award-winning Infinity Bridge at Stockton on Tees, and the bridge is the subject of a new exhibition at The Building Centre:
"Designed by 23 companies led by Expedition Engineering, the 180m long footbridge forms part of the major Tees Valley Regeneration project. It was born out of Maggie Thatcher's 1987 confrontation with unemployed Eric Fletcher, a Walk in the Wilderness; on the very same site.
The exceptionally slender double bow form of the bridge is a unique response to the local culture, the site and the natural forces there. It was largely built by local people. Free of fancy thrills the bridge is carefully and rationally detailed and was opened in a blaze of fireworks and beer in the presence of 10,000 Stocktonites last month."
Chris will be discussing the project at the opening of the exhibition on Monday 29 June, at 6.30pm. It's free to attend, book tickets here.
The exhibition is designed by Thomas.Matthews, run by Sophie Thomas (RDISS 2006).
