A good bridge is like a good deed in an unkind world, an altruistic investment in the public realm, a way to connect people and places, designed in such a way that it is pleasing to experience and to look at. Litomyšl’s new footbridge is exactly that: an entirely convincing synthesis of architecture, engineering, and urbanism, connecting two segmen...
Project name
Footbridge in Litomyšl
Architecture firm
EHL & KOUMAR ARCHITEKTI
Location
Litomyšl, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Lukáš Ehl, Tomáš Koumar
Design team
Lukáš Ehl, Tomáš Koumar, Ladislav Dvořák, Ladislav Šašek
Collaborators
Graphics: Ivana Šrámková. Lighting design: Ladislav Tikovský
Typology
Public Spaces › Footbridge
Occupying the former train and car parking lot, known as "Rabicho da Tijuca,", the JBMC Arquitetura e Urbanismo project for Uruguai Station is part of the extension of Metro Line 1 in Tijuca, North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. A renewal where the concept of sustainability permeated the entire project, as it involved the retrofitting of a massive undergr...
Project name
Uruguai Metro Station
Architecture firm
JBMC Arquitetura e Urbanismo
Location
Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Principal architect
João Batista Martinez Corrêa
Design team
Beatriz Pimenta Corrêa, Cecilia Pires, Cynthia Melo, Emiliano Homrich, FredericoFreitas, Gabriela Assis, Pedro Câmara and Sandra Morikawa. Interns: Caio D´Alfonso, Carina Oshita, Diogo Luz, Mariana Nito, Nara Borges and Raffaella Yacar
Collaborators
Carlos Azevedo Arquitetura, Elcio and Yokoyama Arquitetura
Typology
Transport & Infrastructure
Constructed at Holcim’s Innovation Hub, in Lyon, Pheonix is a collaboration between Holcim, Block Research Group at ETH Zurich, Zaha Hadid Architects Computation and Design Group (ZHA CODE) and incremental3D. Demonstrating circular construction combined with 3D concrete printing offers significant carbon reductions, the Pheonix bridge is the latest...
Architecture firm
ZHA CODE, ETH BRG
Design team
Jianfei Chu, Vishu Bhooshan, Henry David Louth, Shajay Bhooshan, Patrik Schumacher, Jianfei Chu, Vishu Bhooshan, Henry David Louth, Shajay Bhooshan, Patrik Schumacher
Structural engineer
ETH BRG: Tom Van Mele, Alessandro Dell’Endice, Sam Bouten, Philippe Block
Construction
Bürgin Creations: Theo Bürgin, Semir Mächler, Calvin Graf. ETH BRG: Alessandro Dell’Endice, Tom Van Mele
Photography
Block Research Group
Montréal’s new Darwin Bridges, built with recyclable and sustainable materials. Provencher_Roy’s reconstruction of the Darwin Bridges on Nuns’ Island uses locally sourced recycled glass. This world premiere of ground glass pozzolan (GGP) opens the door to new sustainable materiality in the urban design field
Project name
Ponts Darwin
Architecture firm
Provencher_Roy
Location
Montréal / Ile des Soeurs, Québec, Canada
Collaborators
Entrepreneur: Tisseur Inc; Certification: Candidat à la certification Envision
Structural engineer
Civil Engineer and Structure Engineer: SNC-Lavalin (durabilité du béton)
Photography
Stéphane Brügger
Haixin Bridge is the first pedestrian landscape bridge across the Pearl River in Guangzhou. It is located in the core area of the CBD, connected to Ersha Island Art Park in the north and Guangzhou Tower in the south. The upstream is about 300m away from Guangzhou Bridge, and the downstream is about 1600m away from Liede Bridge.
Project name
Guangzhou Haixin Bridge
Architecture firm
Architectural Design & Research Institute of SCUT Co., Ltd.
Location
Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China
Principal architect
He Jingtang, Qiu Jianfa, Bao Ying
Design team
Pei Zejun, Bao Huanhui, Cheng Xiaofei, Jiang Yaohui, He Jian, Chen Muqi, Huang Xueying, Li Kaixin, Su Hao, Guo Yuanxiang, Shen Xuelong, Zheng Yang, He Zhongsen, Lin Xianyong, Luo Huiling, Li Jiawen, Zhong Yingtao, Wei Ling, Liu Jing, Cen Hongjin, Guan Baoling, Cen Xiaoyun
Collaborators
Floodlighting Design: Beijing Tongheng Heming Lighting and Acoustics Institute Co., Ltd.
Structural engineer
Guangzhou Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Construction
China Railway Guangzhou Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd.
Photography
Yao Li, Zhan Changheng, Du Hualin, Pei Zejun, Ma Minghua
Client
Guangzhou Construction Investment and Development Co., Ltd.
The new Metropolitan Station in Lublin, Poland is the main element of a multi-phase, complex project of the Integrated Transportation Center being built in the capital city of the region. Located in the center of the city, along with the accompanying infrastructure, it will be a transport hub connecting urban, regional and national transport.
Project name
Metropolitan Railway Station / Integrated Communication Center
Architecture firm
Tremend Studio
Photography
Bartek Barczyk
Typology
Transportation › Railway Station
This gentle spatial curve of the footbridge is constructed as a smooth path based on the dynamics of pedestrian and cyclist movement. The construction of the bridge humbly responds to the panorama of Prague, to the connection to the Holešovice and Karlín banks, as well as to the connection of Štvanice island.
Project name
Štvanice Footbridge
Architecture firm
Bridge Structures
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Length
300 m between Holešovice and Karlín, ramp to Štvanice island 80 m
Design team
Petr Tej, Marek Blank, Jan Mourek,
Collaborators
Aleš Hvízdal, Jan Hendrych
Structural engineer
Petr Tej, Jan Mourek
Photography
Alex Shoots Buildings
Client
The city of Prague
Typology
Industrial › Bridge
The first in a series of bridges on Chengdu’s West Line Road, the new 295-metre Chengdu West First Bridge crosses the Jiangxi River, a tributary of the Tuojiang River in China’s Sichuan province.
Project name
Jiangxi River Bridge
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
ZHA Project Directors: Charles Walker, Lei Zheng, Ed Gaskin. ZHA Project Architect: Han-Hsun Hsieh. ZHA Site Team: Lei Zheng, Han-Hsun Hsieh. ZHA Project Team: Jan Klaska, Lei Zheng, Marina Dimopoulou, Stratis Georgiou, Hung-Da Chien, Han-Hsun Hsieh, Martha Masli, Stella Dourtmes, Charles Walker, Ed Gask
Collaborators
China Southwest Architectural Design & Research Institute
Landscape
Zaha Hadid Architects
Structural engineer
Buro Happold, China Southwest Architectural Design & Research Institute
Construction
Sinohydro Bureau 7 Co., Ltd, China Huaxi Engineering Design and Construction
Photography
Liang Xue, Arch Exist
Client
Chengdu International Aerotropolis Group Construction and Development
Typology
Industrial › Bridge
