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Structural - Architectural Approach to Bridge Design

 Structural - Architectural Approach to Bridge Design
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Presented at IABSE Symposium: Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, Italy, 22-24 September 2010, published in , pp. 416-417
DOI: 10.2749/222137810796025203
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Serving to community, they are often exposed to public judgement, especially city bridges, which are continuously seen by many viewers on the bridge and from the different angles in urban setting. ...
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Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Symposium: Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, Italy, 22-24 September 2010
Published in:
Page(s): 416-417 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): 416-417
Total no. of pages: 8
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.2749/222137810796025203
Abstract:

Serving to community, they are often exposed to public judgement, especially city bridges, which are continuously seen by many viewers on the bridge and from the different angles in urban setting. Therefore, it is necessary to design not only reliable, durable and economical bridges, but also aesthetically pleasant structures. To design the bridge as a new city landmark, which meets the requirements of large traffic volumes of vehicles and light urban railway as well as intensive but comfortable pedestrian transport, a new approach to bridge design is required.

Structural-architectural approach, illustrated by beautiful bridges, which harmoniously fit into the urban environment on decent (Trogir Bridge) or representative (new bridges in Zagreb) way, designed by Bridge Division at Faculty of Civil Engineering - University of Zagreb, will be shown in this paper. Respecting the known aesthetics values, for Bundek Bridge a unique structure is formed, which is already applied in the new airport terminal design, but it can be also transformed for other future landmark buildings, e.g. central metro station, as a modern style of the 21st century Croatian capital.

Keywords:
structural art aesthetic city bridge environment integration unique structure city landmark

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