tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470543006314152962.post8355006694320601858..comments2024-03-11T16:49:27.614+00:00Comments on The Happy Pontist: Kruunusillat contest to restartThe Happy Pontisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15252272118786667592noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470543006314152962.post-65828505244562794612013-02-20T18:32:25.765+00:002013-02-20T18:32:25.765+00:00World’s best bridge designers building bridges for...World’s best bridge designers building bridges for Helsinki<br />20.02.2013 15:42<br />The eleven entries for the international bridge design competition Kruunusillat (Crown Bridges) are on display and available for public comment at an exhibition in Helsinki and on the Internet. The jury will select the winner during spring 2013.<br /><br />Helsinki launched the competition in 2011 by inviting the participation of multi-field teams from around the world. More than fifty teams applied and ten were selected for the actual competition phase.<br /><br />If implemented, the bridge connection for trams and pedestrians and cyclists would be the longest in Finland, at approximately three kilometres. The connection, composed of two or more bridges, would link the future maritime Kruunuvuorenranta district to Helsinki city centre.<br /><br />Helsinki seeks to promote sustainable methods, such as rail traffic, and simultaneously to improve the service level of public transport. The bridge alternative contributes to achieving these goals.<br /><br />Maritime Helsinki is classified as one of Finland’s 27 national landscapes. For this extremely demanding environment, with its important landscape and cultural-historical values, the international bridge competition aims at finding the best solution, worthy of being left as a heritage for future generations.<br /><br />There are numerous nationally valuable cultural environments in the vicinity of the bridges, the most important of which include the Suomenlinna sea fortress complex dating from the 1750s, a UNESCO World Heritage site.<br /><br />See the competition works on the Internet<br /><br />The competition is a part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme.<br /><br />The competition entries were submitted under pseudonyms. The team with the pseudonym is only revealed when the winner is selected.<br /><br />BACKGROUND<br />Around 50 international teams from all over the world applied for the international Kruunusillat bridge design competition. The applicants were from Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. The competition is part of the design capital programme.<br /><br />Ten teams are participating in the competition. The teams are led by the following companies (in alphabetical order):<br /><br />Apia XXI S.A., Spain<br />Head designer, bridge design: Oscar Ramon Ramos Gutierrez <br />Head architect: Joan Roig i Duran<br /><br />Arup, the Netherlands<br />Head designer, bridge design: Sander den Blanken<br />Head architect: Ben van Berkel<br /><br />Carlos Fernández Casado, S.L., Spain<br />Head designer, bridge design: Javier Muñoz-Rojas<br />Head architect: Javier Manterola<br /><br />Pontek Consulting Engineers Ltd, Finland<br />Head designer, bridge design: Juhani Hyvönen <br />Head architect: Hanna Hyvönen<br /><br />Knippers Helbig GmbH, Germany<br />Head designer, bridge design: Thorsten Helbig<br />Head architect: Rob Torsing (Partner/Architect - Zwarts & Jansma Architects)<br /><br />Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd, United Kingdom<br />Head designer, bridge design: Ed Clark<br />Head architect: Amanda Levete<br /><br />Roughan & O'Donovan, Ireland<br />Head designer, bridge design: Tony Dempsey<br />Head architect: Bruno Dumetier<br /><br />Schüssler-Plan Ingenieurgesellschaft Berlin, Germany<br />Head designer, bridge design: Wolfgang Strobl<br />Head architect: Dietmar Feichtinger<br /><br />Setec tpi, France<br />Head designer, bridge design: Hamida Larbi-Rezig<br />Head architect: Jean François Blassel<br /><br />WSP Finland, Finland<br />Head designer, bridge design: Pekka Pulkkinen <br />Head architect: Martin KnightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470543006314152962.post-67188851882874352562012-09-23T21:51:34.173+01:002012-09-23T21:51:34.173+01:00Thanks for this interesting post.
I think the tran...Thanks for this interesting post.<br />I think the transparency in the competition screening is to praise. Whether or not the score matched the reviews I would not know. Certainly I would not consider surprising that an office such as Zaha Hadid's did not qualify. It is actually more surprising that Amada Levete did qualify!<br />Please, keep us posted on the competition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470543006314152962.post-40698573922152352112012-09-06T12:33:48.506+01:002012-09-06T12:33:48.506+01:00For some teams the prequalification seems to be un...For some teams the prequalification seems to be unfair but I believe that the unconvential selection gives chances to other teams as usually and will end up in other (better) designs than usually. <br />For an ambitious project and an ambitios city like Helsinki I would not want to see another LAP or Schlaich bridge which are quite ordinary in most cases...<br /><br />Please keep us updated on this great competition!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470543006314152962.post-35206542967888220582012-09-05T23:15:02.573+01:002012-09-05T23:15:02.573+01:00I had a good laugh at some of the comments you men...I had a good laugh at some of the comments you mentioned. <br /><br />Like you, I'm quite surprised at some of the entrants who failed to pre-qualify, in particular Buro Happold who have made some lovely unconventional bridges in the past (disclosure: i do not work for Buro Happold)<br /><br />I don't think the C.V. element was a particularly bad thing, based on the budget (and their probable desire to keep within that order). <br /><br />I fondly recall that C4 Castlefords Bridge documentary which you recommended some years back where a greenhorn was selected over a reputable opponent. I would give some other examples, but as a rather inexperienced graduate I don't want to say anything too stupid! <br /><br />P.S. Please do a design competition debris post on the Castlemead footbridge competition. http://www.istructe.org/news-articles/2012/regions/castlemeads-footbridge-design-competition-winn-(1). <br /><br />I was interested in submitting a design initially, but I read enough of your posts to explain the bleak realities of these kinds of competitions, and I think this one was no different really. Thanks for the lovely posts over the years.<br /><br /><br />Henrynoreply@blogger.com