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Project • By HAVER and BOECKER • Bridges
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE PFAFFENTHAL
Up to know, for pedestrians and cyclists it was not easy to commute between the Luxembourg districts Pfaffenthal (lower town) to the Parc Pescatore at the upper town. Now, it is quite different. A 70 m high glass lift system with a self-supporting bridge connects the district Pfaffenthal with the historic upper town of Luxembourg, which belongs to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage.An elevator instead of a cableway. The architects of Steinmetzdemeyer architectes urbanistes chose an elevator solution with an adventure character, which is more space-saving, more beautiful and more urban than a cableway. The elevator of the pedestrian bridge in Pfaffenthal is not situated as usual in a shaft – but outside on a steep slope. The cabin, which can... More