Queen Elizabeth II National Memorial - William Matthews Associates
St James' Park, London
A landscape and infrastructure precedent for a slender arched footbridge that knits together a sensitive park ecology and public water setting.
- What we like about this project
- The extreme slenderness of the bridge profile allows it to sit very low to the water line.
Materials
- metal
- timber
- stone
- native-planting
Visual identifiers
- arched-footbridge
- park-lake
- native-planting
- water-reflection
Style tags
- contextual
- landscape-led
- naturalistic
Visual tags
- public-realm
- landscape-design
- waterfront
- pedestrian-bridge
- park
- Geometry
- A low, gracefully curving arched pedestrian bridge spans across a body of water, connecting banks lined with naturalistic vegetation.
- Structural guess
- Slim steel or composite arch structure spanning the water body.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled pedestrian bridge spanning a medium-width park water body.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffused overcast daylight creates gentle reflections on the water and even illumination across the landscape.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, serene park atmosphere defined by still water and lush greenery.
- Environmental context
- A mature urban park with a reflective lake, dense native planting along the water's edge, and distant city landmarks visible on the horizon.
- Spatial experience
- A gentle crossing experience that integrates pedestrian movement into a peaceful, tree-lined waterscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal continuity of the low bridge profile balanced against vertical tree trunks and reflections.
- Style reading
- Contextual landscape intervention
- Program
- Park footbridge and public realm
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- landscape
- Materials
- metal, timber, stone, native-planting
- Visual identifiers
- arched-footbridge, park-lake, native-planting, water-reflection
- Style tags
- contextual, landscape-led, naturalistic
- Visual tags
- public-realm, landscape-design, waterfront, pedestrian-bridge, park
- Geometry
- A low, gracefully curving arched pedestrian bridge spans across a body of water, connecting banks lined with naturalistic vegetation.
- Structural guess
- Slim steel or composite arch structure spanning the water body.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled pedestrian bridge spanning a medium-width park water body.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffused overcast daylight creates gentle reflections on the water and even illumination across the landscape.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, serene park atmosphere defined by still water and lush greenery.
- Environmental context
- A mature urban park with a reflective lake, dense native planting along the water's edge, and distant city landmarks visible on the horizon.
- Spatial experience
- A gentle crossing experience that integrates pedestrian movement into a peaceful, tree-lined waterscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal continuity of the low bridge profile balanced against vertical tree trunks and reflections.
- Style reading
- Contextual landscape intervention
- Program
- Park footbridge and public realm
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- landscape