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Project • By STERLING PRESSER • Bridges
FOOTBRIDGE BRAMSCHE
The new foot and cycle path bridge in Bramsche serves not only as a vital transportation link between the new urban area and the train station and city center, but also plays a significant role in urban development. Its curved form blends elegantly and harmoniously into the urban landscape, making a high-quality design contribution to the city's appearance. Furthermore, the bridge creates new connections and enhances the quality of the surrounding areas, giving rise to a new city identifier.Designed with resource efficiency in mind, the bridge minimizes the amount of material used while achieving a span of 237 meters. The bridge promotes green mobility and provides a place for people to pause, contemplate, and interact with the urban landsc... More
Project • By Pontifex Hungaricus • Bridges
The Chameleon
'A bridge you want to linger on'
Pontifex Hungaricus unveils the prototype of its innovative urban bridge, 'the Chameleon'. This innovative solution can be applied to any similar Warren truss bridge, but the version presented here targets a specific bridge location in Budapest.
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Let us look at the constraints that define the bridge. The proposed bridge would be built on the north side of the Northern Link Rail Bridge. There is no road connection, so there is quite a detour for those wishing to cross to the other side of the Danube. The design of a new bridge is constrained by the almost 700 m long, monotonous, repetitive truss girder structure of the adjacent railway bridge. The new bridge will have to respond to all t... More
News • News • 19 Jul 2021
Dutch technology startup MX3D completes world’s first 3D printed stainless steel bridge over an Amsterdam canal
Over one of the oldest canals in Amsterdam’s Red Light district, MX3D realized the world’s first 3D printed bridge made from stainless steel. The bridge is designed by Joris Laarman Lab in collaboration with Arup as structural engineer.
Thea van den Heuvel
The project started in 2015 with a proposal to print a metal bridge with robotic 3D printing technology as a playful example of how digital tools can create a new architectural language.
“Evolution is a truly wonderful process that we try to harness in our work. Endlessly trying, refining, improving until slowly, something emerges that is so ingenious it looks like magic if you don’t know what went on before. In our work, we try to captur... More