2011 Footbridge Awards

(photo courtesy of wikipedia)

Happy Pontist에 소개된 2011 Footbridge Awards를 정리한다.
2002년 파리, 2005년 베니스 및 2008년 포르토에서 개최된 행사는 올해 7월6일 폴란드 Wroclaw에서 제4회 대회를 열어 총 6개 부문의 수상작을 발표하였다. 수상은 크게 미(aesthetics)와 기술(technical) 두 부문으로 나누고 각각 최대경간장에 따라 Short span (30m미만), Medium span (30m ~ 75m), Long span (75m초과) 3개의 부문으로 다시 나눈다. 교량의 면모를 아래에서 보면 알수 있듯이 건축가들의 놀라운 아이디어들이 돋보인다. 우리나라 건축가들도 구조적 합리성을 겸비한 독창적인 교량들을 만들 수 있을텐데… 이런 것 말고.

후보작에 오른 교량과 수상작은 다음과 같다.

[Aesthetics 부문]
1. Short Span
Winner : Castleford Footbridge, England
Highly Commended : Bracklinn Footbridge, Scotland
Highly Commended : Glass Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal
Buitengragt Pedestrian Bridge, Cape Town, South Africa
Hillhouse Pedestrian Bridges, New Haven, CT, USA

2. Medium Span
Winner : Te Rewa Rewa Bridge, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Highly Commended : Knokke Heist Footbridge, Belgium
Highly Commended : Lyon Confluence Footbridge, France
Paloma Footbridge, Madrid, Spain
Riverside Footbridge, Cambridge, UK
Butarque Footbridge, Leganes, Spain
Sant Fruitos Footbridge, Barcelona, Spain

3. Long Span
Winner : Rhein-Herne Canal Footbridge, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Highly Commended : Collegebrug, Kortrijk, Belgium
Highly Commended : Esch-sur Alzette Footbridge, Luxembourg
Center Street Bridge, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
La Defense Footbridge, Paris, France

[Technical 부문]
1. Short Span
Winner : Stahlhillebrug, Belgium
Highly Commended : Glass Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal
Highly Commended : Marinic Bridge, Slovenia
Buitengragt Pedestrian Bridge, Cape Town, South Africa
Castleford Footbridge, England

2. Medium Span
Winner : Knokke Heist Footbridge, Belgium
Winner : Riverside Footbridge, Cambridge, England
Highly Commended : Paloma Footbridge, Madrid, Spain
Highly Commended : Tradeston Bridge, Glasgow, Scotland
Bridge of Peace, Tblisi, Georgia
Robert I Schroder Overcrossing, California, USA

3. Long Span
Winner : Rhein-Herne Canal Footbridge, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Highly Commended : Collegebrug, Kortrijk, Belgium
Highly Commended : La Defense Footbridge, Paris, France
Highly Commended : Forthside Bridge, Stirling, Scotland
Center Street Bridge, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Kurilpa Bridge, Brisbane, Australia