Sheikh Zayed Bridge by Zaha Hadid Architects

Photographer Roland Halbe has sent us some new images of the Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi by Zaha Hadid Architects.

Construction of the 842 metre-long bridge between Abu Dhabi Island and the mainland completed earlier this year.

The structure comprises several arching waves of reinforced concrete, which support a four-lane highway.

Coloured lights illuminate the bridge after dark.

Zaha Hadid Architects have completed a number of projects this year, including the London 2012 Aquatics Centre and the zigzagging Riverside Museum in Glasgow – read more about Zaha Hadid here.

Here’s some text from the architects:

Sheikh Zayed Bridge

The UAE has a highly mobile society that requires a new route around the Gulf south shore, connecting the three Emirates together. In 1967 a steel arch bridge was built to connect the fledgling city of Abu Dhabi island to the mainland, followed by a second bridge built in the seventies, connecting downstream at the south side of Abu Dhabi Island. The location of the new (third) Gateway Crossing, close to the first bridge, is critical in the develop- ment and completion of the highway system. Conceived in an open setting, the bridge has the prospect of becoming a destination in itself and potential catalyst in the future urban growth of Abu Dhabi.

A collection, or strands of structures, gathered on one shore, are lifted and ‘propelled’ over the length of the channel. A sinusoidal waveform provides the structural silhouette shape across the channel.

The mainland is the launch pad for the bridge structure emerging from the ground and approach road. The Road decks are cantilevered on each side of the spine structure. Steel arches rise and spring from mass concrete piers asymmetrically, in length, between the road decks to mark the mainland and the navigation channels. The spine splits and splays from one shore along the central void position, diverging under the road decks to the outside of the roadways at the other end of the bridge.

The main bridge arch structure rises to a height of 60 m above water level with the road crowning to a height of 20 metres above mean water level.

PROGRAM: 2 ways four lane highway bridge to Abu Dhabi island

CLIENT: Abu Dhabi Municipality

ARCHITECT: Zaha Hadid Architects

Design: Zaha Hadid

Project Architect: Graham Modlen

Project Team: Garin O’Aivazian, Zahira Nazer, Christos Passas, Sara Klomps, Steve Power

Project Engineer: Joe Barr, Mike King, Mike Davies Highpoint Rendel [Abu Dhabi, UAE]

CONSULTANTS:

Structure: Rendel Palmer Tritton [London, UK]

Lighting: Hollands Licht [Amsterdam, Netherlands]

DIMENSIONS: 842m long, 64m high, 61m wide

MATERIALS: Piers, Decking: Reinforced Concrete Arches: Steel

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The internationally renowned Zaha Hadid studio is at it again, this time in Italy in the small town of Jesolo where the creative designers came up with a futuristic project for a retail and business center. Dubbed the Jesolo Magica, the structure is meant both as a eye catcher for anyone visiting but also as a major gateway into town. It features a 5 star hotel, two story retail complex, offices, a congress hall, a gym, a nightclub and a restaurant that boasts amazing views of the nearby gardens. With fluid shapes that take your breath away, that’s certainly Zaha Hadid’s signature. We love it! – via

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