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Nijmegen: Designing the 'City Bridge'

Door Laurent Ney

Categorie
Algemeen Architectuur & Bouwkunde
Boeknummer
#374003-XI31
Titel
Nijmegen: Designing the 'City Bridge'
Auteur
Ney, Laurent
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Nijmegen : Uitgeverij Vantilt
Jaar van uitgave
2014
ISBN10
9460041744
ISBN13
9789460041747
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrations, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Text in English & Dutch. Nijmegen: Designing the 'City Bridge' is the personal account of Laurent Ney, the engineer of the duo Ney-Poulissen who was asked to design the new city bridge in Nijmegen. And that was a challenge, because Nijmegen already had a face-setting bridge, the Waal Bridge, which was declared a national monument with its imposing arch construction. Laurent Ney gives the reader a look in his head and his sketchbooks. We follow him in a fascinating process in which building knowledge, both historical, cultural, local and international, is combined with a clear vision of landscape and urbanity. The municipality of Nijmegen is working on a 'city bridge', but what that exactly means is the central question during the design process. Gradually, many decisions and considerat... (Lees verder)ions come to an end and if it turns out that a steel bridge is far too expensive, almost everything starts all over again. The result may be: a single arch bridge, the longest in Europe. Using original documents, such as the assignment formulation, design sketches, environmental explorations, sources of inspiration, models and photographs, Laurent Ney gives a fascinating insight into a complex design process.
Pagina's
200
Conditie
Nieuw — Still shrinkwrapped.
Prijs
€ 15,00

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