Being allocated against old constructions of the historical center Tbilisi, over the river Mtkvari (Mtkvari) the unique glass Mira Bridge which has connected two coast as two eras is located. On the one hand architecture of the past, with another – the modern city.
In due time construction of the bridge caused a resonance in society. The part of the population considered unacceptable to place so technological and modern creation near monuments of ancient architecture. But the majority agreed that it is time to bring cardinal changes in a city architecture, comparing emergence of Mira Bridge to construction of the Eiffel Tower.
The suspension wavy bridge of 156 meters was designed by the Italian architect Michel de Lyuchchi (Michel De Lucchi) together with the French engineer-lighter Philippe Martino (Philippe Martinaud). Thanks to a tandem of two creative persons and professionalism of the Italian construction company "Germa Steliza" on May 6, 2010, on St. George's holiday, the patron of Georgia, fine illumination open foot Mira Bridge. Especially fantastically this design in a night-time looks. At night about 30 thousand bulbs are lit and are activated about 240 sensors united in interactive light system. Using Morz's alphabet, on two parapets of Mira Bridge each hour appears the message containing elements making a human body of the chemical table of Mendeleyev. The main idea of this representation – all people are uniform, irrespective of a nationality and religion.
Glass and metal use in a design of the foot bridge also is symbolical, reflecting transparency of policy of the power. And the dynamic geometry means mobility and aspiration forward in the future. Exactly so explains the decision on construction of the glass bridge the main initiator of the order, the president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili.
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