The Bridge of Broken Legs In Bilbao he designed a footbridge with a glass tile surface that allowed it to be lighted from below, keeping its sweeping arches free of lampposts.
However, it is thought that the vibrating surface of a footbridge might affect the imparted human force.
A new footbridge is expected to open in April.
The MuCEM consists of several types of precast UHPFRC structural elements, such as 78-m-long footbridge, main cubic structures with a 15,000 m2 surface area, flooring, and lattice-style envelope with a series of slender N- and Y-shaped columns.
Paddleboats can be rented to go out and explore the surface, which is crisscrossed by footbridges and roads.
This paper introduces a unique laboratory experimental setup to investigate vertical GRFs on both rigid surface (strong floor) and a higher-frequency flexible surface (footbridge).
The architect has been criticised in the past, variously for a leaky roof in a Spanish bodega, cost overruns on a footbridge in Venice and a Bilbao footbridge that proved an unstable surface in rain.
A £10m footbridge under construction in Shoreham is expected to open in September.
Open image in new window Fig. 2 The footbridge over Nzou-Mvunda River. Nzou-Mvunda River
