Bridge over Brick Pit

Brick Pit (literally "brick pit") represents the last tangible evidence of large industry in the Homebush Bay area (where clay was mined for brick production). The pit is archetypal and primitive, raw, exposed, and altered.
Brick Pit is primarily a place of exceptional human effort captured at a certain stage. It is a portrait of the disruption of land through its use.
It is also a place of adaptation - after the industrial sector has been replaced by new production that meets sustainable development requirements - and becomes a refuge for the rare Australian frog Litoria aurea (Green and Golden Bell Frog).
The airy circular walkway and the outdoor exhibition, located twenty meters above the bottom of the Brick Pit abyss, provide this place with a real urban connection to the Olympic Park in Sydney and emphasize its presence. The simply designed element - the circular walkway - offers both physical access and interpretation of the Brick Pit, while fully respecting its immensely fragile natural environment. The clean form and constant height of the floor contrast with the uneven shifting sides and depth of the pit.
The circular walkway offers a ten-minute walk, as well as a longer structured experience made possible by the expanding and shaded sections of the platform.
The outer shell of the circle is a varied wall composed of exhibition panels, mesh, and glass.
Interactive elements are incorporated into the circle, offering the visitor insight into the history of the site as well as its transformation into a refuge for endangered species.
The circle has two connections to the surrounding park: one leads to Australia Avenue and thus to the city center, the other towards Marjorie Jackson Drive and the vast parks that spread out behind it.
The steel structure represents a delicate and sensitive intervention into the rough harshness of the pit. The reinforced cross structure, which is made up of a series of improbably thin, flat steel elements, lightly touches the floor - as if it were tiptoeing through this fragile place.
The cross solution is able to adapt to the complicated foundational terrain: by extending supports to the lake's foundation or reinforcing to avoid the frog pond.
While the circular sections open up to the surroundings, the sections of the bridge are enclosed and subdued.