Pedestrian Bridges
In recent decades a series of spectacular structures have established the pedestrian bridge as a genre all of its own within the broader field of bridge construction.
Built in the most diverse locations, in cities, parks and landscapes, across streets, railways, rivers or canyons, these bridges’ striking constructions, interesting trajectories, welcoming qualities and often sculptural appearance are astonishing. Pedestrian bridges have long led a marginal existence and we have only gradually become aware that they could be more than purely functional structures.
Pedestrian bridges must of course primarily be functional, but they should also engage with a site’s unique features, its routes, topography and context. Their presence in public space offers not only the potential to connect separated spaces, but also to give a place its own identity.
During 19th century industrialisation, rolled girders revolutionised bridge building and cost-effective serial structures were developed, meaning that other aspects faded more and more into the background. It was only later that increasing technical progress successfully counteracted this development.
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