{"id":44786,"date":"2014-07-03T17:25:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T15:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/simone-de-beauvoir-footbridge\/"},"modified":"2017-09-14T16:01:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T14:01:34","slug":"simone-de-beauvoir-footbridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/simone-de-beauvoir-footbridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone de Beauvoir footbridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

The pedestrian bridge with\u00a0<\/span>a length of 304 meters links the new districts of Paris-Bercy and\u00a0<\/span>Tolbiac – and at the same time the new national french library with the Park Tolbiac. Flying\u00a0<\/span>above the busy freeways which track the Seine, the footbridge touches down on the quayside promenades and links the public plaza of the National Library with the new Bercy Park beyond the river, thus ensuring the centre-stage role of the Seine which it plays in the heart of Paris. Different to the average 100 meters in the city centre, the Seine has here a width of 150 meters. The two existing bridges in a distance of 700 meters delimit the \u201cBassin de Bercy\u201c.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The new footbridge maintains the coherence of this unusually open Parisian space by reaching across the river in\u00a0a single, continuous span, without intermediate supports.\u00a0The pedestrian bridge associates architecture and structure inseparably. Two arches constitute the geometry\u00a0of the bridge, the tender form answers to the strictness of the\u00a0architectural environment. These arches are structure and pathfare at the same time. They\u00a0compose a wide spanned rope and bow. The criss-crossing of the pathways permits different\u00a0ways to cross the bridge and\u00a0at the same time the free span of 194 meters. The overlay\u00a0of the two force lines matches with the path-network.\u00a0Several possibilities linked with different perspectives are offered to the pedestrian while\u00a0crossing the bridge.
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photo by David Boureau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three paths succeed along the arch and the bow. The middle alongside the bow reveals the view of Notre Dame and historic Paris.\u00a0The rope guides near to the\u00a0riverside. Rope and bow produce an \u201ceye\u201d in the central section of the bridge. It offers\u00a0a unique space over the water, to be intended as tribune for events on the water. The lower\u00a0level of the lens forms a plaza 12 m wide and 65 m long which, enlivened by kiosks, cafes and other temporary installations. It invites the pedestrian to pause mid-route.\u00a0The central deck, forming the upper part of the lens, protects these activities. The central\u00a0piece anchors the bridge visually in the landscape, giving rise to a unique\u00a0public space.\u00a0The bridge is composed of three parts.\u00a0It comprises a main central span across the Seine, coupled with two side spans across the urban freeways to either side, connected to the French National Library and the Tolbiac Park.
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