{"id":44935,"date":"2014-07-03T10:01:02","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T08:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/quai-aux-fleurs-footbridge\/"},"modified":"2017-09-18T11:39:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T09:39:04","slug":"quai-aux-fleurs-footbridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/quai-aux-fleurs-footbridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Quai aux fleurs footbridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Evry, perhaps more than elsewhere due to the separation between pedestrians <\/span>and vehicles, the works of art become part of the urban layout, serving as landmarks in the public space and connecting the many differences in height characterizing the city through a second level of reference. In spite of the fact that it is divided by the Galants Courts and the lane reserved for public transport, the area where the Quai aux Fleurs footbridge is located is covered by trees. The considerable difference in height between the two streets and the footbridge allows for pleasant views of the Place des Miroirs, the Pyramides district and the extension of the rue des Galants Courts. <\/span>The new footbridge is safer to the persons using the buses and to the cars that pass below, and reduce risks associated with deterioration, vandalism and removal of lamps or parapets to a minimum. These two requirements may appear to be conflicting; especially in the early stages of the project it seemed like it would be very hard to provide two meters tall protection against vandalism in a construction that had to be light and pleasant to cross.\u00a0<\/span>We have reached the conclusion that by reducing the difference between the two levels of traffic, connecting them visually, we could solve the problem of protection against vandalism, and the local population would have shown more respect for a beautiful construction that, in its turn, bore witness to concern for them.\u00a0<\/span>The synthesis of these architectural requirements and the technical limits have resulted in the construction of\u00a0<\/span>a metal structure which encloses the pedestrian. The resulting volume has made it possible to extend the parapets and install the lamps in their upper par; the design of the superstructure has been optimize to allow it to support everything without having to rest on the caisson below the platform, reducing the load on the existing foundations to a minimum.\u00a0<\/span>In order to avoid to compromise the image of the neighbourhood and the footbridge, it has been necessary to avoid every impression of a closed-in volume.\u00a0<\/span>In an attempt to assure everyone would accept the project, especially the youngest generations, we have sought to give the footbridge a \u201dplayful\u201d character by means of irregular curves and plays with rotation and movement.\u00a0<\/span>The final solution is\u00a0<\/span>a footbridge-sculpture, an object that the inhabitants <\/span>of the neighbourhood may identify with, and that may create a kind of empathy.<\/span>
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