文杜因人行天桥

文杜因人行天桥
Pedestrian Bridge Wenduine

West 8: The Pedestrian Bridge at Wenduine provides a safe traverse over a busy provincial motorway and double tramlines. Literally forming a bridge between the polder and the dunes “Het Wrakhout” (The Wrecked Wooden) bridge and connects the local campsite to the beach. The

site is characterized by a cultural costal landscape of polders, dunescapes, and the ocean. The solid form of the bridge’s wooden trusses offer the

joggers, walkers and the holiday makers who inhabit this salty, sandy and sometimes windy environment a sense of security.

Pedestrian Bridge Wenduine

一个新创建的沙丘体积提供了一个自然的方式进入桥梁。桥梁本身由几个混凝土支架支撑，其框架分为几个部分，螺栓连接的桁架端部和大量接头的随机定位创建了一个复杂且高度复杂的结构。这意味着随机性、混乱性和巧合性。从概念上讲，木梁和穿插的钢支架的布置类似于冲上岸的浮木，这样桥就固定在沙丘景观上。木质构件彼此靠近或在张力较高的区域中被加载或加倍，例如在支撑桥梁的门的上方和支撑之间的跨度的中间。在新的空间布局中，还考虑了现有沙丘穿越的壁垒。这座新桥是一座真正的“地标性建筑”，将度假者带到沙丘、海洋和乌特克肯（Uitkerken）圩区的全景了望台。
A newly created dune volume provides a natural way to access the bridge. The bridge itself is supported by several concrete braces and its frame constructed in several sections, the bolted truss ends and random positioning of an immense number of joints creates an intricate and highly complex construct. It suggests randomness, chaos, and coincidence. Conceptually, the arrangement of wooden beams and interspersed steel supports are likened to pieces of driftwood that have washed ashore, in this way the bridge anchors itself to the dune landscape. The wooden elements are positioned close to each other or, loaded or doubled in areas where the tension is high – such as above the gates supporting the bridge and in the middle of the span between the supports. The ramparts of the existing dune crossing have also been taken into consideration in the new spatial layout. The new bridge, a true “landmark” leads holiday makers to a panoramic lookout over the dune, sea and the polder of Uitkerken.

Project Data

Project: Pedestrian Bridge Wenduine (Wenduine, Belgium)
Client: Vlaams Gewst, AMDK
Competition: 2005
Design: 2008-2009, 2012
Realisation: 2013-2014
Span: 85m

Team:
Architect:
West 8, Urban Design & Landscape Architecture
Design Team: Adriaan Geuze, Maarten van de Voorde, Andrew Tang, Joost Koningen, Gaspard Estourgie, Christian Gausepohl, Karsten Bucholz, Ronald van Nugteren

Engineering:
Snoeck en Partners,

architectuur & engineering

Design Engineer :
BAS, bureau voor architectuur en stabiliteit

Building contractor:
WestConstruct Oostkamp

Supply and assembly:
Koninklijke Houthandel G. Wijma & zonen