Wolfgang Buttress Studio with Toby Savage Design Limited
The Northern Star Bridge is a collaboration between sculptor Wolfgang Buttress, engineer Toby Savage Design, landscape architects LDA Design, MMI Engineering and fabricator M Hasson & Sons.
The proposed bridge crosses the River Irwell, linking urban Salford to an area of unspoilt meadow.
The gracefully curved arch formed by the bridge in elevation is mirrored by a curved plan shape which opens out onto the Meadows, emphasising the transition from urban to rural.
Continuing a theme of some of Wolfgang’s recent work, the bridge design references the location of the bridge in the universe, with thousands of points of light shining from within the bridge at night, representing the visible stars.
