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Lent-Tabor Footbridge, Maribor, Slovenia
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Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: 4th International Conference Footbridge 2011, Wroclaw, Poland, 6-8 July 2011
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Year: 2011
Abstract: The new Lent-Tabor footway and bicycle bridge cannot compete with Maribor's Glavni Most, the city's Old Bridge. It must bow to its formidable presence. We propose a structure that in a way is a complement to the Old Bridge. The bridge's deck is calculated to the limit in order to make it as slender as possible. The structure is clad in wood endowing the new footbridge with both an archaic and contemporary character at the same time. Its visual iconographic strength lies in the concealment of the structure, which renders it equally abstract and expressive. It becomes one more piece of the Stari Most structure. Visually it is as transparent as possible. Without intricate or ostentatious structural feats, it is natural and simple: two supports and maximum slenderness. Economically it is rational: it possesses a simple but elegant structure, calculated to the limit and without requiring sophisticated construction techniques; at the same time portraying a memorable image, singular and easily identifiable.
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footbridge wood slenderness tuned mass damper old bridge archaic contemporary
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