Secil Universities Award 2013

Project And Design of a Footbridge Over the Via De Cintura Interna

The project aims at designing a basic solution for a pedestrian bridge over the Via de Cintura Interna in Porto (Portugal), establishing a connection between the University Stadium and the Botanical Gardens.

Student

Mª Mafalda Costa Gomes Eugénio Cardoso

Educational establishment

Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Category

Civil Engineering

More about the winning project

With the construction of the Via de Cintura Interna, access to the University Stadium became very inconvenient, especially for pedestrians who are forced to walk approximately 680 meters from Rua do Campo Alegre. However, the straight-line distance from the University Stadium to the Rua do Campo Alegre is about 280 metres, which concludes that the construction of a crossing over the Via de Cintura Interna would be an obvious solution to this problem.

 

Thus, the construction of a bridge with an unconventional design is proposed, based on a longitudinal profile consisting of three circular concordances.

 

The option for this type of structure was to investigate and experiment with alternative, non-conventional solutions.