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The exhibition is on from 6-28 May

Two of the 200 ideas chosen from the hundreds sent in as part of the competition launched in January 2006 - 200 Ideas for Brunel.

The competition called for ideas to make Bristol a better place to live, work in and visit and is part of Brunel 200 – a year-long celebration of the life, work and legacy of Isambard Kingdom Brunel in the year that marks the bicentenary of his birth.

"Some of the 200 ideas were put forward for fun; many were quirky; some offered the potential for genuine transformation," said Andrew Kelly, director of Brunel 200.

"All of them were Brunellian in their approach. They break the rules, look beyond current policy, and often practical constraints, and seek the new. All should provoke discussion and debate."

Additional ideas were received from local schools and from students at the University of the West of England, bringing the total of ideas submitted to more than 500.

The winner of the competition's £1,000 first prize was announced during the exhibition following the deliberations of a judging panel.

The 200 Ideas for Bristol exhibition ran at The Architecture Centre, Bristol, from 6-28 May 2006.

Some of the ideas which have made it through to the final 200:

• Create a new transport link with the restored Clifton Rocks Railway
• Create the Bristol Skypod, a cable-car link between ss Great Britain, Brunel Mile and Cabot Tower
• Rename our regional airport Bristol Brunel International Airport and link the terminal to the local rail network
• Create a Pod-Ferry providing a continual service between Cumberland Basin and Prince Street Bridge
• Create the Bristol Dock Shuttle, linking Harbourside to the south bank
• Provide on-streets bikes for everyone using a 'Smartcard' system
• Build a death slide linking the top of Cabot Tower and ss Great Britain
• Create the Bristol Overground, an integrated railway for Bristol
• Bring back into use Brunel’s swing bridge as part of a cycle/ pedestrian route
• Build a high-level tram system
• Install three blocks of Redcliffe Sandstone on Corn Street covered with mirror finish stainless steel so people can see what is above them
• Enhance the pedestrian route along Portwall Promenade as part of the Brunel Mile project
• Reclaim both sides of Bathurst Lock to create a sun-trapping oasis of calm
• House Concorde under glass on Harbourside
• Turn the water tower on Durdham Down into an exhibition centre and revolving restaurant
• Create a life-size holographic ss Great Britain to glide down the river Avon
• Bring the people of Bristol together with the Bristol Brunel Top-Hat Day