Lehrhovebruch / Nordsternpark, 45883 Gelsenkirchen
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1997
PASD Architekten Feldmeier - Wrede Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Polónyi | IPP Ingenieurbüro Polonyi & Partner
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45899 Gelsenkirchen
Distance: 0.37 km
45899 Gelsenkirchen
Distance: 0.72 km
45899 Gelsenkirchen
The Zeche Nordstern pit for more than one hundred years separated the Gelsenkirchen districts of Horst and Heßler.
After the pit had been closed down, the site was re-designed for the Bundesgartenschau 1997 (a horticultural exhibition) and expressively designed bridges once again connected the afore-mentioned districts.
A total of five bridges combines the individual parts of the park, both with each other and with the districts surrounding it. Three of these bridges are tubular steel bridges.
The bridge across Rhein-Herne Kanal is the largest and is of a very impressive asymmetrical design. From a pedestrian’s POV, you can hardly see that the tubular steel arches painted in red do indeed run in parallel and at a right angle to the river bank.
The unusual silhouette results from the arrangement of the park’s main access axis, in whose direction the bridge’s footpath is also arranged diagonally to the Rhein Herne Kanal.
The 110m long bridge is made of steel in its entirety; the arches are 36m tall.
Awards:
Renault Traffic Design Award 2001 (Deutsche Renault AG)
Author: Editorial baukunst-nrw
Text last changed on 18.03.2021
Categories:
Engineering » Transportation
