Engineers and Architects ‘Delivering award-winning bridges together’ Stephen James – Bridge Designer, Associate, Ramboll UK

Norwegian Public Roads Administration

Oslo, November 2013

LANDMARK BRIDGES RAMBOLL UK

“If the architect just chooses the colour of the paint and the engineer taps out a few numbers on a calculator, …. who actually does the work?”

BRIDGE DESIGN

ARCHITECT

CAUSE DELAY

EXPENSIVE

INEFFICIENT

INDECISIVE

AESTHETIC FOCUS

STRUCTURALLY NAIVE

ENGINEER

PROBLEM ORIENTATED

LACK SENSITIVITY

UNIMAGINATIVE

INFLEXIBLE

SHORT-SIGHTED

RESTRICTIVE

DISRUPTIVE INFLUENCE

MERCHANTS BRIDGE

19

95

Regeneration

CHALLENGE OF MATERIALS

19

97

Technology

SHANKS

20

00

Sculptural

YORK MILLENNIUM

20

01

Focus

RIVER LUNE

20

01

Context

GATESHEAD

20

02

Iconic

COVENTRY PHOENIX

20

03

Placemaking

CHELSEA WHARF

20

04

Connectivity

RIVERSIDE

20

08

Movement

DERBY CATHEDRAL

20

09

innovation

FORTHSIDE

20

09

Drama

CAERNARFON CASTLE

20

10

Sensitivity

MEDIA CITY FOOTBRIDGE

20

11

Elegance

SPINNINGFIELDS

20

12

Efficiency

TWIN SAILS

20

12

Function

JARROLD BRIDGE

20

12

Composition

JARROLD BRIDGE

20

12

Composition

JARROLD BRIDGE

20

12

Composition

JARROLD BRIDGE

20

12

Composition

Lightness 20

13

RHYL

ARCHITECT

CONTEXT

COMPOSITION

SCALE

FUNCTION

DETAIL

VISUALLY LEGIBLE

ENGINEER

SAFETY

EFFICIENCY

ECONOMY

DURABILITY

BUILDABILITY

STRUCTURALLY TRUE

LASTING QUALITY

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