Vebjørn Sand Da Vinci Project

The da Vinci bridge in Ås

Golden Horn Bridge designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1502

Wooden model after da Vinci's design above

Da Vinci bridge side view

The Leonardo Bridge Project headed by Norwegian painter and artist Vebjørn Sand is one of several installations Sand is known for in Norway.

It is a smaller scale reimagining of a 240 m span Leonardo bridge project that Leonardo proposed in 1502 as part of a civil engineering project for Sultan Bayezid II of Constantinople (todays Istanbul). The bridge serves as a pedestrian crossing over European route E18 in Ås, Norway and was carried by The Leonardo Bridge Project.^[1]

The project hopes to build the design as practical footbridges around the world, including over the Golden Horn in Istanbul, using local materials and collaborating with local artisans as a global public art project. The Wall Street Journal referred to the Project as a "...logo for the nations." (WSJ, Nov. 5-6, 2005)

A modern bridge reminiscing Leonardo's design is the Streicker Bridge at Princeton University, NJ, USA.

See also

Media related to Leonardo bridges at Wikimedia Commons

• Leonardo's horse

References

1. ^ The Leonardo Bridge Project, Inc. is a non-profit public art project with 501c3 status through the Allied Arts Foundation: http://www.brickfishcreative.com

External links

• Leonardo Bridge project home page
• Da Vinci Bridge on en.Broer.no
• Leonardo's Bridge at Structurae
• Streicker Bridge at Princeton

Coordinates: 59°43′08″N 10°47′03″E / 59.718872°N 10.784276°E / 59.718872; 10.784276