אדריכלות ישראלית - גיליון 123

Yehudith Bridge אדריכלותישראלית Architecture of Israel # 123 November 2020 46 | | גשר יהודית, נתיבי איילון מסלול האופניים הישיר יחסית, מופרד באופן קטגורי משביל ההליכה המתפתל כדי למנוע קונפליקט. חן אדריכלים תכנון אדריכלי: נילי חן, ניר חן, מיכה פוליסון, יריב גליא, גיא אוסטרן. צוות אדריכלים: רוקח –אשכנזי מהנדסים ויועצים בע״מ. קונסטרוקציה: מוריה-סקלי. אדריכלות נוף: נעה לב תכנון תאורה: אפי חוג'סטה עיצוב ריהוט רחוב: עמית גירון. צילום: Yehudit Bridge, Ayalon Highway The relatively straight bike path is categorically separated from the winding pedestrian trail to avoid conflict. Chen Architects Team of architects: Nili Chen, Nir Chen, Micha Powlison, Yariv Gali, Guy Austern. Construction: Rokach-Ashkenazi Landscape Architecture: Moria-Sekelli. Lighting design: Noa Lev. Street furniture design: Efi Hugesta. Photos: Amit Geron Built solely for cyclists and pedestrians, Yehudit Bridge indicates a changing trend in the city’s planning agenda. The result of an architectural competition in 2010, the steel bridge is 110 meters long; weighs 900 tons; and the average width of the sidewalk is approximately 9 meters. Since the two end roads – Bitzaron St. to the east and Yehudit Ave. to the west – are not on the same urban axis, they meet on the bridge itself via two winding axes, thus generating an urban event, while the pedestrian route passes from one side of the main supporting arch to the other. For this, there is an emphasized distinction between the relatively straight cycling route and the pedestrian sidewalk that offers relaxed movement, encouraging pauses at seating areas equipped with street furniture. The design of the bridge was inspired by images and motifs from nature. Thus, the construction that supports the traffic route is made of a spine- like central beam from which "ribs" branch out to support the pedestrian path. Requiring thirty different cross-sections, the winding design was planned with parametric software, enabling complex maneuvering between the various surfaces, allowing computerized construction while reducing production costs. Most bridges are planned as practical products derived from the need to connect two points in the shortest way, based mainly on teleological bridge engineering. Yehudit Bridge is an example of a fruitful dialog between architecture and engineering. Namely, the bridge is not an architectural form for its own sake, but the synergetic outcome of team strategy. project of the season yehudit bridge, tel aviv Bonnie Evans