hs2-aston-church-road-overbridge-and-saltley-viaduct
A public infrastructure precedent by WW+P featuring weathering steel parapets with custom perforation patterns and integrated deck lighting for an elevated bridge.
- What we like about this project
- The upper portion of the weathering steel parapets features a digital-like pixelated perforation pattern that dissolves into open air.
Materials
- weathering-steel
- concrete
- glass
Visual identifiers
- weathering-steel
- perforated-parapet
- integrated-lighting
- pedestrian-bridge
Style tags
- contemporary
- industrial
- infrastructure-design
Visual tags
- infrastructure
- public-realm
- weathering-steel
- perforated-metal
- cycle-path
- bridge
- Geometry
- Symmetrical perspective looking down a straight linear deck flanked by angled weathering steel parapets that flare outward.
- Structural guess
- Weathering steel truss or box girder deck with plate steel parapet assemblies.
- Spatial scale
- Pedestrian bridge scale; wide enough to comfortably accommodate concurrent walking and cycling traffic.
- Lighting
- Low sun creates strong backlight and lens flare; warm linear uplighting washes the lower interior of the weathering steel parapets.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, luminous twilight atmosphere balancing natural backlight with glowing integrated handrail lighting.
- Environmental context
- Elevated urban context with distant tree lines and low-rise rooftops under a bright sky.
- Spatial experience
- An open, elevated crossing experience defined by solid yet porous side barriers that balance enclosure with outward views.
- Composition rhythm
- One-point perspective focusing down the central deck axis, framed by the rhythmic vertical panels of the perforated steel guards.
- Style reading
- Contemporary infrastructure design with tactile metal materiality
- Program
- Pedestrian and bicycle overbridge
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- weathering-steel, concrete, glass
- Visual identifiers
- weathering-steel, perforated-parapet, integrated-lighting, pedestrian-bridge
- Style tags
- contemporary, industrial, infrastructure-design
- Visual tags
- infrastructure, public-realm, weathering-steel, perforated-metal, cycle-path, bridge
- Geometry
- Symmetrical perspective looking down a straight linear deck flanked by angled weathering steel parapets that flare outward.
- Structural guess
- Weathering steel truss or box girder deck with plate steel parapet assemblies.
- Spatial scale
- Pedestrian bridge scale; wide enough to comfortably accommodate concurrent walking and cycling traffic.
- Lighting
- Low sun creates strong backlight and lens flare; warm linear uplighting washes the lower interior of the weathering steel parapets.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, luminous twilight atmosphere balancing natural backlight with glowing integrated handrail lighting.
- Environmental context
- Elevated urban context with distant tree lines and low-rise rooftops under a bright sky.
- Spatial experience
- An open, elevated crossing experience defined by solid yet porous side barriers that balance enclosure with outward views.
- Composition rhythm
- One-point perspective focusing down the central deck axis, framed by the rhythmic vertical panels of the perforated steel guards.
- Style reading
- Contemporary infrastructure design with tactile metal materiality
- Program
- Pedestrian and bicycle overbridge
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture