Kacy Cunningham Blog 5

While searching for a grocery store that actually had pumpkins left two days before Halloween, I stumbled across the bridge between the Prudential Tower and the hotel across the street.  I’d never noticed the bridge before because I’d never been up that way after dark. The openness of the truss structure allows the light to shine through and the bridge to glow. In this instance the structure acts like a frame for the light. While during the day the structure allows the light to enter instead of emanate, casting shadows on the floor.  If the structure had instead been something solid this affect would be lost. By choosing an open truss the designer not only held the bridge up, but framed the light entering during the day and exciting at night.