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view from below 01
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view from below 02
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view from above
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front view from the covilh
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front view from the covilh
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view from the carpinteira river
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bridge plan view
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bridge longitudinal section
Pedestrian Bridge over the Carpinteira River
Carrilho da Graça, arquitectos. Covilhã, Portugal
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Name of work in English
Pedestrian Bridge over the Carpinteira River
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Name of work in original language
Ponte Pedonal sobre a Ribeira da Carpinteira
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2011
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Work Location
Covilhã, Portugal
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Studio
Carrilho da Graça, arquitectos
EUmies Awards 2011 Shortlisted
Collaborators
Architect: Pedro Abreu Pereira, Jo Rosado Baptista, Porfirio Pontes, Yutaka Shiki; Design: Nuno Pinto; Structural engineering: Carlos Quinaz, Renato Bastos Bastos; Lighting: Ruben Sobral; Landscape architect: Lu Cabral, Lucile Dubroca Dubroca; Structural engineering: Miguel Pereira
Program
Infrastructure
Completion
2009
The 220metrelong footbridge draws a line on the landscape that determines and provides the possibility of movement over the Carpinteira River and across the valley. Two parallel steel beams clad in the same material delimit the 4.40 metres width of the deck, establishing its section. Four pillars support the deck: the two middle ones stand 1.75 metres high and have the same cladding and dimensions of the deck. The remaining two are circular and shorter due to their slopeside landings.
Almost invisible in the reading of the span, they are made of concrete partially covered with granite blocks and are formally and physically disconnected from the metal structure. The pavement and guardrails on the interior are wooden, providing a tactile experience that is simultaneous to the visual experience of the landscape at the end of the valley, an experience that up to now has been impossible.