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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