As of: February 23, 2024, 1:04 p.m
By: Carmen Ick-Dietl
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A pointer towards the city center: This is what the bridge rung in the Werksviertel is supposed to represent.
© Carmen Ick-Dietl
On the Isar, the so-called “Bridge Sprout” was an eye-catcher.
Now the Japanese art project has resurfaced in the Werksviertel.
During the pandemic and even afterwards, the “Bridge Sprout” – in German: “Bridge Sprout” – was a popular selfie hotspot in Munich opposite the Schwindinsel.
Because half of the wooden bridge from the Japanese studio Bow Wow did not reach the other bank and suddenly broke off halfway up.
The temporary installation was still partially accessible and offered wonderful views and overviews of the Isar (we reported).
And so spectacularly, with its heavy trunks hanging over the abyss, with no prospect of a safe shore, it certainly provided a certain thrill or a test of courage for every visitor who ventured out.
The work of art was dismantled on the Isar in 2022
The work of art on the Isar delighted people for two and a half years.
The construction was then dismantled again in December 2022.
Now it has reappeared in the Werksviertel-Mitte.
There, the bridge rung protrudes from the container collective as a walkable viewing platform and once again hangs conspicuously in the air.
Like a kind of pointer from Ramersdorf and Berg am Laim to Haidhausen and the city center: Why not build over there and connect us!
At least that's how architect Hannes Rössler, who is a cooperation partner for the Japanese art project in Munich, interprets it.
A reminder of a lack of connection to the city center
“This place is really crying out for a bridge,” says the architect.
The work of art is a reminder to complete the missing connection across the Ostbahnhof tracks.
Because so far there is only an underground, not necessarily attractive connection between the trendy Werksviertel and the historic city center.