Bridge for Puerto Rico – Precast, pierced-concrete, long span shell design: Photograph of painting

01/01/1996

Drawing

Framed photograph of a pastel painting by Christopher Alexander, depicting a view of the bridge named “The Driving Experience: The View from the Road”.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital, Photocopy

Characteristics:

18 1/8"x33 5/8", Color

Content of

Construction Innovation

Bridge for Puerto Rico: Precast, pierced-concrete, long span shell design 1996

Construction System, Reinforced Concrete

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Scott Hunter, Randy Schmidt, Katalin Bende, Hana Mori

A highly innovative structure, designed to be made out of prestressed light-weight pierced concrete shells, for a 500 meter span; extensive finite-element simulations were run to ensure its high structural strength.

References

Projects

Bridge for Puerto Rico 1996

Over Rio Grande de Loiza, Puerto Rico,

Civic, Designed , Design Competition, Not built

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Katalin Bende

Project stages:

Concept Design

International competion entry for bridge over Rio Grande de Loiza, proposing a precast, pierced-concrete, long span shell design, 500 meter span.