BRIDGES ZUIDERPARK

The green heart of Rotterdam South has been given a new lease of life. The renovation plan for the park includes wider stretches of water, undulating terrain, improved connections, and added atmosphere. The traditional city park has been adapted to the citizens of today. More people of many more different ages, lifestyles, and cultures will be making use of the park.

The new bridges were developed as objects, elegant and bold. Just like the existing bridges, the new bridges are sober in appearance, but differences in bridgeheads and centre sections, with a range of lengths and widths, combine to produce an endless variety within the family. The lines of the landscape flow into the lines of the bridge. The bridge appears to grow naturally from the landscape, but retains its own identity. While the structural requirements, load figures, production restraints, maximum inclination, and minimum headroom all contributed to the final shape of the bridge, it remained important to maintain the flowing lines, the tension in the bridgehead lines, and the slenderness of the centre section.

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location

Rotterdam

address project

Zuiderpark, Rotterdam

Client

Gemeente Rotterdam, Rotterdam

date design

2002

date completed

2007

architect

Robert Alewijnse, Chris de Weijer & Richelle de Jong

team

Richelle de Jong, Harrie Hupperts

program

Design and elaboration of several bridges in the "Zuiderpark", Rotterdam

consultants

dS+V, Rotterdam | ABT Adviesbureau voor bouwtechniek, Delft/Velp i.s.m. IGWR, Gemeente Rotterdam, Rotterdam

contractor

Colijn Aannemersbedrijf, Werkendam

Keywords

Genius Loci / Green / Innovation / Water / Landscape / Relief /