・ポルトガル、コインブラのフットブリッジ geometry makes materiality 柔らかく変化する構造、4つのライン→12個のガラスパネル。 二種類の構造体が川の両岸から伸びてきて中央部でスライドしながら繋がる。
「Their bridge climbs up, over the river Mondego, up from the East bank to rise at a steady gradient towards the centre, then steps aside in plan and begins its descent, to ramp down onto the West bank. The sun follows roughly the same movements, East to West, high and low, rising and falling. The sun moves in a countinuous path - but not the bridge. The bridge zigzags. At the centre an offset in plan creates a place of pivot and celebrates reversal. The path is not linear, it meanders! How can the handrails then march in straight upright lines across the river ?(以下省略) 」/a+u2006年臨時増刊Cecil Balmond より抜粋(薄いピンクの文字が読みにくいので英文抜粋)