Peace Bridge Calgary by Santiago Calatrava in Canada
Architect and Engineer: Santiago Calatrava
Client: City of Calgary
Location: Over the Bow River, next to Prince’s Island Park in Downtown Calgary, Alberta. The bridge will serve as a major link between regional pathways of Memorial Drive and the City’s downtown.
Program: Designed started early 2009 with construction documents being finalized and issued for tender in September 2009. Anticipated construction schedule has launching of the bridge in Fall 2010
Start of Construction: 2009 (TBC)
Type of structure: Footbridge with segregated pedestrian and cycleways
Helical formed steel structure with a glass roof.
Materials:
Structure of arch: Steel
Abutments: Reinforced concrete
Cover & Balustrades: Glass
Dimensions:
Length of bridge: 125 m
Total width: 8 m
Total height: 5.85 m
Width bet. handrails: 6.2 m (3.7m pedestrian zone, 2.5m cycleway)
Steel Tonnage: 700 metric tons (approximate)
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im an Master Architect student in Germany, i like to analize and expose this bridge in my school in the Structural classe, can you send me a contact or an e-mail form somebody in Calatravas studio?,thank you very much.
Rodrigo SIlva Schaffner
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Master Student in Peter Behrens School of Architektur. Düsseldorf, Germany
Comment: Rodrigo Silva – 26. October 2009 @ 12:59 pm