Wilkinson Eyre Architects

Bridge of Aspiration – Londres

Bridge of Aspiration conecta la Royal Opera House y la Royal Ballet School de Londres, atravesando Floral Street a la altura del cuarto piso. El diseño expresa el movimiento de los bailarines, que son los principales usuarios del puente.

El diseño pertenece a Wilkinson Eyre Architects, y la solución estructural es de los ingenieros Flint & Neill Partnership. La forma está dada por 23 cuadrados de aluminio estructural, cada uno girado cuatro grados respecto al anterior. El puente fue prefabricado y preensamblado por Gig Fassendenbau, de Austria.

Ganador del premio RIBA Awards 2004, entre otros.

Wilkinson Eyre Architects

Flint & Neill Partnership

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Texto original en inglés::

The award winning Bridge of Aspiration provides a link between the Royal Opera House and the Royal Ballet School in London. The bridge crosses Floral Street at 4th floor level and the design responds to a desire in the brief to express movement to reflect the primary function of ballet dancers - the principal users of the bridge.
Flint & Neill Partnership provided the structural design of the bridge, whose principal designer was Wilkinson Eyre Architects. The design consists of a fabricated aluminium spine beam hidden within the floor space which supports 23 square hoops each of which is rotated through 4° about the longitudinal axis relative to its neighbour. 3-D modelling was necessary to define the geometry which was made more complex by the slope and skew of the alignment.
The complete bridge structure was pre-assembled off-site by Gig Fassendenbau of Austria as sub-contractor to Benson before being craned into position.