A bridge with a view a view with a bridge

Identifying design considerations for bridges to strengthen regional identity

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  • Joris Smits TU Delft, Architecture and the Built Environment
  • Frank van der Hoeven TU Delft, Architecture and the Built Environment

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https://doi.org/10.7480/rius.3.833

Abstract

This paper discusses design considerations for creating high quality infrastructural artefacts with an emphasis on bridges. The authors pursue a design study and analysis approach to highlight the specifics of infrastructure design for regional identity, based on their own work on a bridge ensemble in the Dutch Zaanstreek region. Two highlights of this work, the award winning Juliana Bridge and the wildlife crossing in Rijssen, are used to illustrate how to create good infrastructure design in sensitive contexts, without making use of neo-vernacular methods.

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Smits, J., & van der Hoeven, F. (2015). A bridge with a view a view with a bridge: Identifying design considerations for bridges to strengthen regional identity. Research in Urbanism Series, 3, 135–158. https://doi.org/10.7480/rius.3.833

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2015-04-27

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Vol. 3 (2015): Flowscapes: Designing infrastructure as landscape

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Copyright (c) 2015 Joris Smits, Frank van der Hoeven

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Author Biographies

Joris Smits, TU Delft, Architecture and the Built Environment

Joris Smits is an architect at Royal HaskoningDHV and Lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands)

Frank van der Hoeven, TU Delft, Architecture and the Built Environment

Frank van der Hoeven is an Associate Professor of Urban Design and Director of Research at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands)

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