Chiswick Park Footbridge

Built

Useful Studio

Chiswick Park Footbridge is a sustainable, efficient, elegant and pioneering bridge design for a challenging site demonstrating the collaborative approach within the Useful Simple Trust.

Chiswick Park footbridge showcases our expertise for innovative, efficient and elegant design. This is delivered through an ambition to explore pioneering engineering and to create a beautiful, lean and simply detailed piece of infrastructure that is safe, accessible and enjoyed by all.

The tripartite plan allows the spans to gently curve to follow the most efficient route between the landing points. These arches are formed from a cruciform section which continually changes in width and height according to where the material is needed for the optimum structural design. This rigour in collaborative design realises a beautifully crisp arched silhouette, perfectly engineered and delivered through highly skilled fabrication.

Zero Carbon London

→ A ‘kit of parts’ to maximise off-site fabrication

→ Only 5 pieces makes it light and reduce materials

Chiswick Park footbridge showcases innovative, efficient and elegant design. This is delivered through an ambition to explore pioneering engineering and to create a beautiful, lean and simply detailed piece of infrastructure that is safe, accessible and enjoyed by all. The main environmental driver was to reduce material and weight through innovative design and engineering. The resultant weight reduction not only minimised material use and embodied carbon in both primary structure and foundations, the bridge was also lighter to lift for rapid installation over the live railway network.

Project information

Status

Built

Borough

Hounslow

Size

330 sq m

Completion

January 2019

Location

Chiswick Business Park, Chiswick, London W4 5XU, UK

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