Pasarelas del Arganzuela

Location: Madrid Spain

Architect: Dominique Perrault

Date: 2011

Project Type: Bridges

Key Contractor: Finsa Arquitectura

Size/Scope of Project: 64 Sections
48,500 ft²

The Pasarela del Arganzuela footbridge features tapering conical forms of shimmering stainless steel Escale metal fabric. The transparent metal mesh surrounds the bridge from end to end in a helix design like a textile ribbon. This helix, which gleams silver in the sunlight, is a metaphor for the increasingly close association between the two parts of the city separated by the river Manzanares.

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