Bridge
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Project • By Marte.Marte Architects • Bridges
Alfenz Bridge
The entry to the Montafon Valley is a topographical bottleneck. The railway, the federal highway and the new cycling path offer access to the southernmost valley of Vorarlberg, which is surrounded by high Alpine mountain ranges. Running parallel with the valley, the raging Ill River, prone to flooding, crosses the Alfenz River from the east and channels the Alfenz River into its current. A few meters before the confluence, the new concrete bridge structure spans the tributary and grants pedestrians and cyclists safe passage. A supporting structure underneath was not possible because of the lay of the land and the required flood control. The solution to this problem was a covered bridge with load-bearing capacity on the lateral sides. Modell... More
Project • By Arc2 architecten • Bridges
flyover Transferium A27 Nieuwegein
Transferium Linielanding is located alongside the A27 motorway near Nieuwegein. It adjoins the historic landscape zone of the New Holland Waterline. The striking spiral access ramp links the world of the motorway to that of the hinterland. Besides functioning as a flyover, this striking piece of engineering will function as a landmark, a lookout point and an entrance canopy. More
Project • By Arc2 architecten • Bridges
bicycle- footbridge Vlinderbrug N18 Lichtenvoorde
The VlinderBrug or “Butterfly Bridge” is a pedestrian/cycle bridge which makes an elegant leap across the busy provincial highway. The shape refers to the butterfly emblem of Oost Gelre. The two wooden arches, filled with stretched mesh, suggest wings – the wings of a gigantic butterfly which has alighted over the N18 near Lichtenvoorde.
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Project • By Girimun Architects • Masterplans
Porto Olimpico Master Plan
Project：Porto Olimpico
Location：Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Type：Mixed-use master plan
Size：1,000,000 m2
Client：Competition
Design：Girimun Ltd 2011 with DG
Architect: Mauro Resnitzky
Opening：n/a
Collaborating firm: Burold Happold Engineering + DG Arquitetura e Planejamento
As part of a package of investments for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the regeneration of 85 hectares of land near the old docks will create more than 1 million sqm of apartments, hotels, office buildings and a convention centre. The project addresses two moments: the completion of support facilities for the 2016 Olympic Games (10,600-room accommodation for media and referees, a media-centre and 3 to 5-star hotels) and its transformation post-Games into... More
Project • By DISSING+WEITLING architecture • Bridges
Constantine Bridge
The concrete cable-stayed bridge will become a pivotal structure within the historical and hilly context of the city of Constantine. The bridge is designed with Constantine's pride in bridge construction in mind: it will be a beautiful monument from a distance, as well as a fine structure to walk over and drive across.
The 130 m high pylons will be a reference point for people in the area, and the bridge will be visually exciting, day and night. The winding roads leading to the bridge reveal spectacular views from several points along the way. The bridge is relatively wide with 2 lanes and a sidewalk on each side. The pylons are centrally located, separating the carriageways to either side.
The new bridge crosses the ravine above the... More
Project • By Metro Arkitekter • Bridges
Skyttelbron Bridge
PLACE
Skyttelbron is a bicycle and pedestrian bridge over the railway tracks in Lund Central Station. There were already two connections between the west and east side of the railroad tracks. The first, on the south of the station area, is an underground passage, the so- called “Ryde’s passage.” The second, further north in height with Clemenstorget, is an open bridge. So Skyttelbron would be the third connection. This then becomes a closure of the station area to the north and will also connect to the New City Hall in the center of Lund.
ABOUT DESIGN
The three main ideas are:
IDEA 1 COLOUR
The first idea, and perhaps the strongest in terms of design is that we wanted to bring color in an environment where virtually everything is... More
Footbridge Candiac
Creating an experience worthy of a lasting memory
With its new footbridge, the City of Candiac, located in the suburbs of Montreal, wished to establish a strong landmark while connecting its northern and southern sectors previously separated by a major highway. As the symbolic entry of this growing city, the footbridge had to be harmoniously integrated into the landscape.
Designed for pedestrians as well as for cyclists, the footbridge draws its originality from an architectural concept that generates a sense of motion and energy, a kinetic and theatrical experience. The effect, for both highway and footbridge users, is created by the superposition of two reversed metal screens, located on either side of this link that spans the high... More
Project • By Arhitektura d.o.o. • Bridges
Sava footbridge
IN THE REFLECTION OF THE STARS
The bridge built over the Sava canyon at Bled is intended for hikers - so that hikers can stop for a moment, experience new views, become aware of nature, breathe with the water, glance at the reflection of the moving stars at night and hear the river murmuring. It is a bridgewhere the world stops for a moment. A slight inclination, not easily perceptible, a shift in the axis of motion, a subtle backward surge - its motion being checked by the ends of the bridge on each side - and in an audacious trajectory the bridgeleaps from one bank to another.
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Project • By Marte.Marte Architects • Bridges
Schanerloch Bridge
Thoughts - Schanerloch Bridge
The bridge through the Schanerloch gorge is part of the impressive road from the city of Dornbirn to the hamlet of Ebnit which picturesquely situated by the well of the river Dornbirner Ache at the foot of scenic mountains. The spectacular route to this ancient settlement area is characterized by a series of natural rock tunnels and stone bridges. Originating from the well known typology of the stone arch bridge, modern technology takes the geometry of the arch to its very limits. The reduction of the arch rise to a statically necessary minimum is combined with a twist along one axis. The latter is also responding to the bending road as a curve immediately follows the bridge in both driving directions. The res... More
Project • By Heatherwick Studio • Bridges
Garden Bridge
Following Transport for London’s (TfL) tender for proposals to improve pedestrian links across the river, Heatherwick Studio and actor and campaigner Joanna Lumley have developed an idea for a new pedestrian ‘Garden Bridge’ across the River Thames; a scheme to connect North and South London with a garden. As one of the greenest cities of its size in the world, this precious new piece of landscape will add to London’s rich and diverse horticultural heritage of heathlands, parks, squares, allotments and community gardens and support many indigenous river edge plant species.
The revival of the South Bank over the past two decades has created a vibrant and artistic district attracting large number of visitors to its art galleries, theatres,... More
Project • By Miró Rivera Architects • Bridges
Pedestrian Bridge
Span: 80 ft
Located on a densely vegetated site in Lake Austin, the pedestrian bridge connects the main house on the property with a newly constructed guest house.
With a design inspired by the reeds and other native vegetation that cover the shores of the lake, the bridge is a light and maintenance-free structure that is well-integrated within its wetland setting. The bars/reeds intertwine at the abutments and “grow” over the bridge, camouflaging it and transforming the bridge into a symbiotic, almost invisible link.
The bridge is composed of three elements:
Superstructure
The arch structure spans 100 feet with a main span of 80 feet. It is composed of five nested five-inch diameter pipes that diverge gracefull... More
Project • By Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes • Bridges
Passerelle de la Paix
The Passerelle de la Paix is a 220m-long bridge designed by Dietmar Feichtinger Architects and Schlaich Bergermann & Partner which opened to much fanfare on Monday 17 March. Arching elegantly over the Rhone River in Lyon, the 220m bridge provides a direct link between district six and the Park of Saint Clair at Caluire et Cuire.
Residents can now enjoy a leisurely stroll across the water, selecting one of two routes; the first begins at quay level and is divided into a bicycle lane and footpath while the second walkway follows the lower arch of the structure and meets the top path in the centre of the bridge. At this point the structure widens from its standard 5m-wide span to 8m and offers benches for users to sit and enjoy the view.... More
Project • By Acconci Studio/ Vito Acconci • Urban Green Spaces
MUR ISLAND
A bowl that morphs into a dome that morphs back into a bowl…The bowl is a theater -- the dome a café/restaurant – the warping of dome into bowl & vice versa makes a playground. Light glows up from the bleachers & down from the dome; water pours down the shell of the dome. More
Project • By Rintala Eggertsson Architects • Bridges
HØSE BRIDGE
The bridge is located just north of the town Sand in the municipality of Suldal on the west coast of Norway. It is the result of extensive design process which started in 2008 after a design workshop together with Czech architect Ivan Kroupa where the inhabitants of Sand were given the opportunity to make a referendum over some of our initial ideas.
The bridge connects the town to a vast wooden landscape which is used for recreation by the inhabitants of Sand. This new connection makes the areamore accessible for the general public and allows people of all generations to use the area.
The idea behind the chosen proposal was to establish a horizontal reference line in the landscape, to emphasize the undulant and organic shapes in the... More