{"id":3495,"date":"2025-08-22T10:30:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=3495"},"modified":"2025-08-22T15:15:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:15:45","slug":"ney-and-partners-curves-footbridge-between-arches-of-french-viaduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/ney-and-partners-curves-footbridge-between-arches-of-french-viaduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Ney and Partners curves footbridge between arches of French viaduct"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Albi<\/div>\n

Belgian engineering studio Ney and Partners has created a sinuous footbridge<\/a>\u00a0in Albi, France<\/a>, which cantilevers from a 19th-century viaduct over the River Tarn.<\/span><\/p>\n

Made from steel<\/a>, the pedestrian and bicycle bridge<\/a> is straight along one side, while the other side meanders in a waving pattern between the 4.7 metre-wide arches of the brick railway viaduct.<\/p>\n

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Ney and Partners has built a sinuous footbridge in Albi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Curving to 7.5 metres at the widest points, Ney and Partners<\/a> added seating to the bridge to create balcony-like spaces with views across the river.<\/p>\n

Influenced by the geometry of the viaduct and its seven arches, the studio wanted to translate the brick structure’s curved forms in elevation into curved shapes in plan.<\/p>\n

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The footbridge curves between the arches of a railway viaduct<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The footbridge geometry is closely related to that of the railway viaduct,” Ney and Partners partner Matthieu Malli\u00e9 told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“A waving pattern has been introduced to the walking line of the footbridge, matching the rhythm of the viaduct’s arches,” he continued.<\/p>\n

“The bridge deck unfolds upstream to form balconies above the Tarn, each equipped with a bench located exactly at the mid-span of each arch of the railway viaduct, which provides shade and protection to the passers-by.”<\/p>\n