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Limmat Footbridge And Promenade Lift

Limmat Footbridge And Promenade Lift
© Roger Frei

LIMMAT FOOTBRIDGE AND PROMENADE LIFT

Leuppi & Schafroth Architekten

PHOTOGRAPHS
Roger Frei

ARTIST
Beat Zoderer

CATEGORY
Pedestrian Bridge

LOCATION
Ennetbaden, Switzerland

CLIENTS
Baden City Building Department, Ennetbaden Town Planning Department

YEAR
2007

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
R. Matthias Leuppi, Stephanie M. Schafroth

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Henauer Gugler AG

The Limmat River winds around the town of Baden and forms a valley that naturally separates it from the neighboring village of Ennetbaden.

This geological feature impedes the connection between the two towns. As such, a direct access for pedestrians and bicyclists has been needed for decades.

Limmat Footbridge And Promenade Lift
© Roger Frei
Limmat Footbridge And Promenade Lift
© Roger Frei

Situated on the same location where a cable ferry over the river once existed, a steel structure bridges the approximately 30 meter high and 80 meter long distance between the two points.

This new linear path - perceivable as a walk-through sculpture - is composed of a horizontal bridge, a vertical elevator tower and a horizontal walkway.

Red-brown in color – varying in shade depending on the light – this steel artifact complements its surroundings.

Limmat Footbridge And Promenade Lift
© Roger Frei
Limmat Footbridge And Promenade Lift
© Roger Frei

At night, the indirectly illuminated structure glows in the landscape.


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