Innovative Concept for the Steel Bridge over the Ter River in Girona, Spain
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Juan Sobrino
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | 18th IABSE Congress: Innovative Infrastructures – Towards Human Urbanism, Seoul, Korea, 19-21 September 2012 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress Seoul 2012 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 508-515 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137912805110808 | ||||
| Abstract: |
A new innovative bridge concept has been developed for a steel-concrete bridge crossing the Ter River in Girona (North-East of Spain). The bridge is a continuous girder with expressive forms and slender elements. The bridge exhibits a complex simplicity: new forms, pure lines that can be easily followed by viewers, well balanced composition based on symmetrical shapes, and a complex structure. The bridge interacts smoothly with both the urban environment of the suburbs of Girona and the environmentally protected River valley. The bridge is perceived as a transparent and powerful structure with a clear identity but not visually dominating in the location. |
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| Keywords: |
aesthetics steel concrete architecture urban constructive process advanced analysis
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