ALMAIDAN BRIDGE - Alqatami Aziz
2021
An aerial precedent for transforming infrastructure into a public park through integrated roof gardens and circular void spaces spanning a river.
- What we like about this project
- Large circular punctures in the bridge deck create interior courtyards open to the sky and water below.
Materials
- metal
- timber
- planting
- paving
Visual identifiers
- bridge-park
- circular-openings
- roof-gardens
- linear-superstructure
Style tags
- visionary
- infrastructure
- civic
Visual tags
- urban-infrastructure
- public-realm
- bridge
- landscape-integration
- civic
- Geometry
- Linear bridge superstructure crossing a wide water body, featuring punctured circular courtyards and structured roof decks along its length.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss or post-tensioned concrete box girder bridge with slender vertical piers.
- Spatial scale
- Massive civic scale; a long span bridge acting as an elevated public park.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffused daylight under an atmospheric, hazy urban sky.
- Atmosphere
- Hazy, contemplative atmosphere uniting heavy urban infrastructure with soft native planting.
- Environmental context
- Dense metropolitan riverfront with neighboring bridges, high-rise buildings, and landscaped promenades along the water edge.
- Spatial experience
- Suspended urban public realm offering expansive views of the river while connecting two dense land banks through landscaped pedestrian decks.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating circular voids and canopy structures establish a steady cadence down the linear deck.
- Style reading
- Visionary civic infrastructure
- Program
- Elevated public park and pedestrian bridge
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- urban
- Materials
- metal, timber, planting, paving
- Visual identifiers
- bridge-park, circular-openings, roof-gardens, linear-superstructure
- Style tags
- visionary, infrastructure, civic
- Visual tags
- urban-infrastructure, public-realm, bridge, landscape-integration, civic
- Geometry
- Linear bridge superstructure crossing a wide water body, featuring punctured circular courtyards and structured roof decks along its length.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss or post-tensioned concrete box girder bridge with slender vertical piers.
- Spatial scale
- Massive civic scale; a long span bridge acting as an elevated public park.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffused daylight under an atmospheric, hazy urban sky.
- Atmosphere
- Hazy, contemplative atmosphere uniting heavy urban infrastructure with soft native planting.
- Environmental context
- Dense metropolitan riverfront with neighboring bridges, high-rise buildings, and landscaped promenades along the water edge.
- Spatial experience
- Suspended urban public realm offering expansive views of the river while connecting two dense land banks through landscaped pedestrian decks.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating circular voids and canopy structures establish a steady cadence down the linear deck.
- Style reading
- Visionary civic infrastructure
- Program
- Elevated public park and pedestrian bridge
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- urban