JLCG architects: pedestrian bridge

JLCG architects: pedestrian bridge


pedestrian bridge over ribeira da carpinteira, covilha, portugal
all photos by fernando guerra - FG+SG


portugese firm JLCG arquitectos have recently completed a pedestrian bridge over ribeira
da carpinteira, covilha, portugal. the sinuous and segmented design of the bridge winds above
the valley, along a distance of about 220 m. the central bay takes the perpendicularity to
the line of the valley. the other two sections are inflected and oriented towards their anchoring
points. the connection between the two points is no longer the shortest distance between them.
the tensioned geometry of its layout interferes with visual orientation and with the perception
of dominating heights of 'serra da estrela', on one side, and with the vastness of cova da beira
on the lower side.












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ridhika db
08.07.10  
9
it made me think of the millau viaduct :)
frederic louis   08.07.10
beautiful!
Manel   08.07.10
Nice place to suicide !
mak   08.07.10
^ that shouldn't be funny, but
lp   08.07.10
I can't imagine a bridge that would be less inviting to use.
Jeff Jansen, Portland, OR, USA   08.07.10
really? Cuz i can imagine plenty. Imagine harder. No, harder than that. Yeah, that's it.
nggaplz   08.08.10
It seems that they "indeed" don't have to care about any of horizontal stress and pressure. It makes structure that easy. Ha !!
0110110   08.08.10
so much "less is more"... is it possible to build?
1   08.08.10
allready built.... is just great..so clean and simple, i love it
Mr.Aymelie   08.09.10

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