About Frame and Form (estructura y forma) was born with the modest desire to promote and disseminate structural design culture. The content of this blog is based on small articles where synthesized information is provided about accomplishments , events, history, contests and curiosities of marked structural works like bridges or buildings. These capsules of information intended [...]
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 5 July, 2010
The tubular structure is rarely applied in the design of bridges; is more suited to large roofs in sport or fair pavilions. Today we present difficult to establish a structure that shows an original example of the use of tubular lattice in the design of bridges.
Most probably Jörg Schlaich embodies the archetype of structural designer. He and his team are the masterminds of the Nesenbach Valley Bridge, a hybrid work in functional, footbridge and roadbridge, and from the structural point of view: integral bridge, ie, jointless and bearingless, and composite deck with tubular metal frame.
24 May, 2010
Restoring the Broken Bridge is a special work, difficult to categorize or classify, it is a meeting point between history, architecture and engineering. Presents an unusual approach in the restoration of bridges, because instead of restoring the bridge to its previous state, has chosen to build a new and modern structure, which completes the remains of old bridge.
15 April, 2010
Ponte della Costituzione is the 4th bridge over Grand Canal of Venice. It was designed, involved in controversy, by Santiago Calatrava. Although it is difficult to ignore it, In Frame and Form we will try to put aside any criticism, especially the media-political one, and we will try to analyse the just the footbridge design.
Calatrava's works, and especially bridges, usually have a high visual impact. However, This gateway is different from previous works. It is designed to stress without imposing, as it is located in an urban environment of high architectural and historical value. By place (Grand Canal) and opportunity (is the first bridge built in Venice for decades) this is a historic bridge that must endure as an example of architecture of his time; Probably that is the reason for the choice of Calatrava as a designer for this project, because like it or not want, This has changed the way architects design bridges.
22 March, 2010
Linn Cove Viaduct is a bridge that was built over 25 years ago (In 1983), but it is a stark example of a structure in which design we find modern values such as technological innovation, landscape integration, and a proper respect for the environment.
This structure was designed by Jean Muller and Eugene Figg, and built by Jasper Construction Company. The viaduct, following an S-shaped alignment, skirts the slopes of the Grandfather mountain in North Carolina.
18 January, 2010
The largest bridge in Norway is currently being built (8th largest in the world); a suspension bridge called Hardanger Bridge. Aside from its enormous size that seems to wane in the immensity of the 2nd longest fjord in Norway (Hardangerfjord), the careful design of all its elements amazed us, including access design, which shows that in the technological frontiers of engineering there is space for technology and structural art.
12 November, 2009
If a picture is worth a thousand words, How much is a video? Connecting with the previous article we present an interesting visual piece on the assembly and placement of the bridge Krúsrak of Sneek in the Netherlands.
10 November, 2009
Last 15 April a new bridge was inaugurated in the Dutch city of Sneek. The sexy wooden structure attracts attention of drivers on the motorway A7 passing beneath. This design represents an important step towards the use of sustainable materials in the higher-level structures.
5 October, 2009
Yesterday was inaugurated “Kurilpa Bridge” and Brisbane, without doubt a special bridge for many reasons.
First, surprisingly, this design is the result of a design contest and play. This is a joint proposal Baulderstone Pty Ltd (construction company), Cox Rayner Architects and Arup Engineers.
7 September, 2009
Bridges ancient treaties gave preference to bridges with an odd number of openings (1 or 3) justified by increased drainage capacity through a central span, and consecrated by an identification of the beauty through the symmetry of the elevation. It is rare to find an old bridge that [...]
31 August, 2009
In the northeast of England, in the municipality of Stockton-on-Tees, has constructed a new footbridge over the River Tees: “The infinity bridge”.
This original bridge was the winner of a competition proposal(open RIBA design competition)held in 2003. Formed by two unequal arcs has a design intended to transcend its own structural pattern and aspired to become the icon [...]
25 May, 2009
In Rotterdam, stands one of the most emblematic cable-stayed bridges in the world: The Erasmus bridge or Erasmusbrug. Situated in the port of Rotterdam, over the river Maas Niewe, and provide a new connection between downtown and a new neighborhood (head south) located south.
Designed by [...]
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