Esch Footbridge, Luxembourg
It is aimed at taking pedestrians right from the busy center of the city into its elevated green space, the Park of Galgenberg.
The designer wanted to create a strong contrast between the plain surroundings of an untidy city space (overhead lines, power lines, boulevard, bus platforms and trains, roundabouts etc) and the body of the bridge as a single uncluttered volume with, a day time, bright grey-colored facade, and a glowing red color at night time. The Bridge’s length is 105 m (345 ft) and was completed in 2009.
The bridge collected a couple of design awards, the 1st prize in the 2007 international Design&Build competition and Archdaily’s 2010 Building of the Year Awards for the public facility category winner.
