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| Source: Pushak archdaily.com |
Lillefjord Rest area & footbridge, Lillefjord, Finnmark, Norway, 2006 designed by Pushak
The new bridge was our proposal; it works as a sign towards the trail, while at the same time taking care of all the demanded functions. It is leading on to an older trail, crossing the soft, green carpet of vegetation in the midst of the river delta. By placing all the program in the bridge, the road stop installation is now a distinct object placed in the landscape. This felt appropriate for the rough and grand nature of the site, rather than small furniture placed around or in the ground. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Dag Jenssen archdaily.com |
Høse Bridge, Suldal, Norway designed by Rintala Eggertsson Architects
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 area more 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 bedrock. -- ArchDaily
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Heart of Love River, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2007 designed by Malone Chang Architects
By creating three bridges plus two lakes, this project defines cruise and pedestrian circulation, and various activities by multiple layers of sectional divisions. The boundaries of fields such as grass, water, and paving are implied by floating bridges and extending decks. The bridges form a fashionable urban catwalk, hovering the busy artery. Perforated metal cladding filters light from within, and renders the whole field a blurry and mysterious aura. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Daylight archdaily.com |
Knokke Footbridge, Knokke, Flanders, Belgium, 2007 designed by Ney & Partners
From a conceptual point of view, the bridge consists of welded bent steel plates of 12mm thickness, forming a structural “hammock” to which a concrete deck is tied. To resist shear forces, caused by the bent shape in plan, the sides of the plates are inclined at 45°, with respect to the central axis. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Fernando Alda archdaily.com |
Motril Footbridge, Motril, Granada, Spain, 2011 designed by Guijón Arquitectura
The structures have been used are organic hexagonal design which allows easy adaptation to the surrounding environment, from host in its structure existing trees and adapt on the slopes to facilitate pedestrian traffic, allowing the movement of persons with motor disabilities. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Joseph Burns archdaily.com |
Pennington Road Footbridge, Merseyside, UK, 2011 designed by Softroom
The overall bridge form follows a typology of traditional canal bridges, where a ramped side approach links to a simple spanning or shallow arched bridge structure. Updated for current standards of accessibility, the steep ramp has been replaced with a more complex shallow inclined and stepped approach, and gently curving approaches have been cut into a newly formed hard landscape, much as paths wind their way up a hillside slope. -- ArchDaily
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Peace Bridge, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2012 designed by Santiago Calatrava
Just 5.85 meters high and 8 meters wide, the compact, ruby-red helical bridge stretching across the Bow River stands out from the landscape as well as from Calatrava’s portfolio of soaring, white-concrete, cable-stayed bridges. Site constraints limited the design team to a 7-meter-tall envelope bounded by the river’s flood level below and the flight path for a nearby heliport above. Ecological concerns barred intermediate supports in the water, requiring a bridge type able to span the full 126 meters (413 feet). “A tube was a clear contender,” says Calatrava, the Switzerland-based founder of his eponymous firm, “but there was a danger of creating a tunnel-like bridge.” -- ARCHITECT
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| Source: Thomas Mayer archdaily.com |
Wupper-Bridge Opladen, Opladen, Leverkusen, Germany, 2012 designed by Ağırbaş & Wienstroer
The planners put the green color of nature against the Red of the weather-resistant steel in the massive body of the bridge on both sides of the river. It is a game of heaviness and lightness, a dialogue of light and dark, thick and thin, of large and small. The static height of this bar is ideal for sitting on it. Thus, the bridge is not only a traffic building on a river, but also a place to relax with a “park bench”. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Adnan Alagić, Bojan Kanlić & Amila Hrustić archdaily.com |
Festina Lente, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2012 designed by Adnan Alagić, Bojan Kanlić & Amila Hrustić
The basic idea of the bridge is the union of the secular and spiritual and to establish a balance between left and right side. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: ipv Delft archdaily.com |
Hovenring, Circular Cycle Bridge, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2012 designed by ipv Delft
The cable-stayed bridge offers cyclists and pedestrians an exciting crossover. With its impressive 70-metre pylon, 72 metre diameter, thin deck and conspicuous lighting, the cyclist roundabout is a new landmark for the city. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Hanns Joosten archdaily.com |
Spannbandbrücke, Tirschenreuth, Germany, 2013 designed by ANNABAU
The wooden body of the bridge is closely connected to the historical meaning of wood in the city of Tirschenreuth, which can also be seen in the cities name. In addition the choice of material refers directly to the vernacular architecture, where untreated wood is often found in construction. The supporting structure of tensioned steel bands requires a minimal substructure, thus the sculptural body of the bridge comes to the foreground. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Leonardo Finotti archdaily.com |
Friedrich Bayer Bridge, São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil, 2013 designed by LoebCapote Arquitetura e Urbanismo
Besides connecting the two sides of the canal, the bridge generates a
place to contemplate the landscape. Two metallic islands over concrete
pilotes surve as support for the 90 meters lenth bridge. Those metallic
islands are covered by vegetation, a reference to water-lilies, which
were the conceptual reference for the project. In order to maintain the canal navigability, the central span is
movable: the two central parts of the linear structure rotate by using
electrical motor. --
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| Source: Zhenfei Wang archdaily.com |
Pedestrian Bridge, Rizhao, China designed by HHD_FUN Architects
Alongside the beach, the key feature of this park is its 50 year old
black pine forest and the design challenges are to minimize the
construction impact to the natural environment. The curved form was
strategically designed to allow the 45 meters long bridge fit into the
natural environment while at the same time provide a connection between
the city and the beach park. --
ArchDaily
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| Source: NEXT Architects archdaily.com |
Melkwegbrug, Purmerend, The Netherlands designed by NEXT Architects
The most striking part of the bridge, designed by NEXT architects, is a
massive arch which reaches the height of 12m above water level and
stands in a continuous line with the Melkweg-road, thus offering an
incredible view over the city. The high lookout is an attraction in
itself and lets pedestrians fully experience the relation between the
new and historic center of Purmerend. --
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| Source: Jesus Granada archdaily.com |
Twisted Valley, Elche, Alicante, Spain designed by Grupo Aranea
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| Source: Timothy Soar archdaily.com |
River Hull Footbridge, Hull, UK designed by McDowell + Benedetti
The structure consists of a steel spine cantilevering around from a 3-dimensional braced ring structure approximately 16m in diameter. The spine is a hybrid structure with the ‘root’ section conceived as a diagrid/shell structure and the tip as a shell structure. Steel plates clad the surface of the walkways whilst horizontal bracing provides additional longitudinal stiffness. -- ArchDaily
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| Source: Michael Zimmermann archdaily.com |
Passerelle de la Paix, Passerelle de la Paix, 69300 Caluire-et-Cuire, France, 2014 designed by Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
The bridge spans over the river with a free span of 157 meters. Two
cantilevers built of a three dimensional asymmetric tube structure join
in the middle of the river. The structure is extremely slender and
offers a maximum of transparency. --
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| Source: DISSING+WEITLING Architecture archdaily.com |
Bicycle Snake, Passerelle de la Paix, 69300 Caluire-et-Cuire, France, 2014 designed by DISSING+WEITLING Architecture
The bicycle snake meanders 6-7 meters above sea surface with a length of
190 meters and 30 meters of ramp. The bridge is made of steel, which
helps to give it a light and elegant look. The surface has a bright
orange color, which creates a clear visual course for cyclists. --
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Merchant Square Footbridge, Paddington, London W2, UK, 2014 designed by Knight Architects
....the 3m wide cantilevered structure spans 20m across the Grand Union
Canal and is raised using hydraulic jacks with an action similar to that
of a traditional Japanese hand fan. This creates a kinetic sculpture
whose silhouette is both legible and extraordinary and which is well
suited to the position next to the canal. --
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| Source: Miran Kambič archdaily.com |
Footbridge Ribja brv, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2014 designed by Arhitektura d.o.o
....a transparent, elegant footbridge of minimalist design over the river,
one which will allow unobstructed views along the river but at the same
time connect both banks as a wide viewpoint over the river. --
ArchDaily
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| Source: Sina Ahmadi, Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh archdaily.com |
Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge, Tehran, Iran, 2014 designed by Diba Tensile Architecture
Tabiat Bridge is the largest pedestrian bridge built so far in Iran.
Located in north of Tehran, it connects two public parks by spanning
over Shahid Modarres, one of the major highways of the city. ‘Tabiat’
means ‘Nature’ in Persian language. The bridge is about 270 meters long and consists of a 3 dimensional
truss with two continuous levels that sits on three tree shape columns. --
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| Source: Miran Kambič archdaily.com |
Rafting Bridge, Celje, Slovenia, 2014 designed by Arhitektura d.o.o.
The bridge was to span the river in one leap. The new footbridge
therefore will not compete with the ambiance of the town scenery by
being extravagant or garish, but will complement it with a youthful
elegance and boldness, which are made possible by using new technologies
and knowledge. --
ArchDaily
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| Source: Anders Sune Berg archdaily.com |
Cirkelbroen Bridge, Christianshavns Kanal, København K, Denmark, 2015 designed by Studio Olafur Eliasson
The bridge is made of five circular platforms, and it contributes to a
larger circle that will form a pedestrian route around Copenhagen
Harbour, where people – cycling, running, walking – can see the city
from a very different perspective. --
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