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9 May, 2011

Finalists Footbridge 2011. TECHNICAL Category Short Spans

Once published the pedestrian bridges with best aesthetic quality, TECHNICAL categories begin with the bridges opened between 2008 and 2010 whose major span does not exceed 30 meters. For more information about the bridges you can click on their titles.

27 January, 2011

How to Build a Tensairity Bridge

Continuing the previous post, here we present the conceptual design and construction work of a pedestrian bridge supported by a tensairity structure. In 2008, collaboration between the prestigious ETH Zurich and Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research or Empa resulted in the realization of the structure 10 meter span structure protagonist of this article.

7 June, 2010

Interview with Xavier Font

If you enjoyed the Pont Trencat article, today we present the interview that the structural designerXavier Font conceded us. Following, we will immerse a little into the rich structural world and we will discover, in Xavier words, the concerns, motivations and objectives behind one of his most celebrated works.

5 May, 2009

Bridge of the week: Lake Austin footbridge

“You only need to be moderately familiar with the design of structures to realize that it is always possible to resolve functional, structural and economic problem in several ways”. Riccardo Morandi.
The bridge design is a creative act; the quiera admit the, is influenced by the will of the designer in choosing [...]