Treccozzi, Damiana

Damiana Treccozzi

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Focus: bridging & linking continents and citiesHYPE Abu Dhabi-DubaiBosphorus, Doha Napoli Afragola CONNECTIONSJOINING LANDSAND PEOPLE 026 | Dubai - United Arab Emirates Price: UAE 50 AED, Bahrain 5 BHD, KSA 50 SAR, Kuwait 4 KWD, Oman 5 OMR, Qatar 50 QARSAR, IT 15 Euro.BIG: Bjarke Ingels Group Zaha Hadid Architects Jean-François Klein& Michel VirlogeuxSantiago Calatrava Stefano BarattiniAGi ArchitectsUrko Sánchez ArchitectsGarcés-de Seta-BonetBeyer Blinder Belle & Lubrano Ciavarra Belsize ArchitectsLuìs Pedro Silva Studio KO222531374350586472788694102108116122128134140Connecting architecture - Andrea PaneGreat expectations: the Moscow metro for the Soviet utopia - Federica DeoArchigram city(e)scapes - Pietro BelliDubai Creek: from commercial dock to strategic urban infrastructure - Cristiano Luchetti Mediterranean Bridging: TUNeIT and GRALBeIT - Enzo Siviero, Viviana MartiniA hybrid dream: the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge on the Bosphorus - Maria Vittoria CapitanucciBridging to the future: Doha’s Sharq Crossing - Damiana TreccozziThe Snake. 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The project was requested by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Urban Planning (MMUP) and developed by this worldwide renowned and award-winning Spanish architect and engineer back in 2011 and is currently underway. Connecting by sea three of the city’s major districts including the Airport area, the West Bay Financial District and the Cultural City, this astounding project is going to lend the bay a distinct character and a strongly recognizable landmark.Doha lies on the east coast of the Qatar Peninsula, surrounded by plain desert scattered by only a few minor settlements. This capital city hosts over 60% of the Qatari residents, having more than a million inhabitants, and is increasingly growing since the beginning of the 21st century. Back in the 1970s, great dredging operations were carried out, finally equipping the city with a deep-water port. In fact, originally only small ships could access it, due to Doha’s shallow waters and coral reef standing between the city’s waterfront and the Persian Gulf. On that occasion, the Doha Corniche was accomplished too. This promenade embraces the whole bay, running along the coast from its southern to its northern shore, and connects the city’s main neighborhoods. Among these stands the West Bay Financial District, probably its most famous, displaying tall skyscrapers and designing Doha’s now well-known skyline. Further north is located the Katara Cultural Village, inaugurated in 2010, and finally there is the airport area, where, since 2014 the Hamad International Airport has replaced the former Doha International as Qatar’s principal airport.In addition to the preexisting highways, Calatrava’s Sharq Crossing Masterplan Bridging to the future:Doha’s Sharq Crossing© 2014 Santiago CalatlavaSantiago CalatravaWork The Sharq crossing ClientMinistry of Municipality and Urban Planning (MMUP) LocationDoha, Qatar Project Year2013-current Architecture and Design Santiago Calatrava – Architects & EngineersArchitectSantiago Calatrava Engineering Santiago Calatrava – Architects & EngineersSize and total areaOver 10 km Image creditsCourtesy of Santiago Calatrava 60  [focus]  61will offer a major traffic connection to the city, linking Hamad International Airport, West Bay Financial District and Katara by sea. The formerly proposed only tunnel system was substituted by Calatrava with a new system entailing three cut-and-cover tunnels, two subsea tunnels and three bridges, combining refined engineering solutions with a captivating and unique design. Once completed, this huge project will boast some interesting records, including the first subsea tunnel project in the Middle East and the world’s largest arch span bridge connecting the shore to an underground interchange, that is the Marine Interchange.After all, Calatrava is a real bridge expert, having constructed over thirty masterpieces in bridge design all over the world to this day. In the 1980s he began in Spain, where he constructed bridges in Barcelona, Valencia, Seville and in many others. In the early 1990s, he conquered Europe after designing his first bridge outside his native land, at first in Manchester, then in Berlin, Dublin, Athens and so on. Since the late 1990s he finally approached non-European territories, such as Canada, Argentina, Israel and U.S.A.. Despite this amazing crescendo to success, he still had not broadened to the Persian Gulf when the Sharq Crossing was entrusted to him in 2013.Doha’s Masterplan features three bridges which are «individual sculptural pieces with distinct character drawing on the constraints of the adjacent urban environment»1. Their winding elevation profile is their most interesting aspect. From the mainland level, the cut-and-cover tunnels lead offshore, where the bridges gently arise above sea level and then descend, disappearing beneath the water connecting to the main underwater tunnel. Thanks to the underground traffic structures, the coastline is never intruded nor the city intersected by further roadway alignments, thus preserving the pedestrian and vehicular continuity and visual unity of Doha’s districts. Every single bridge displays a very unique iconic design, representing a singular interpretation of Calatrava’s flair for biomorphic shapes. Whether resembling a human spine or animal ribcages, all his structures somehow derive from the emulation of nature’s essential design: every element is necessary and every shape is harmonic.The West Bay Bridge, named after the area it serves, looks like an arched and stringed backbone ending in round-tipped shells providing a shaded canopy for railway users. This captivating tied-arch © 2014 Santiago Calatlava Photo by Maher Attar© 2014 Santiago Calatlava62  [focus]  63bridge structure is not only designed for vehicle traffic, but also for pedestrians. While on the lowest level lies the roadway, on a higher level, parallel to it, runs an elevated walkway conceptually and physically extending Corniche Park, which was also proposed within the masterplan as a green extension of the present-day Corniche. Furthermore, over the pedestrian walkway and just along the bridge’s arch, is a Funicular cableway transporting people from one end to the other while offering stunning views over the city, at 125 meters above the sea level. After reaching the final edge of the bridge, people continue to move all the way through the Sharq Crossing on futuristic public transportation.At the West Bay Bridge’s end is an artificial island structure where different terraced levels offer various recreational activities and belvederes overlooking the southern part of the Persian Gulf. These may be reached also by sea, being the island equipped with a small craft marina. Far from being only a leisure destination, this terminal island actually works as a bridge abutment and transport interchange. The elevated level of the West Bay Bridge’s roadway, in fact, uses its length to achieve a vertical grade transition to reach the interchange below the sea bed. This expedient prevents the undersea tunnel the bridge reconnects to, from intercepting another tunnel going north towards Cultural City and Lusail.Further north, the Cultural City Bridge leading to Katara is made up of a series of cable-stayed bridges altogether constituting a long connection which allows to shorten the submerged tunnel total length. This second bridge definitely represents more clearly than others Calatrava’s aim at «minimizing the impact on the bay environment by designing bridges with a minimum number of supports» 2. Thus, this purpose also justifies this architect/engineer’s decision to submerge most of the roadways in order to avoid massive structures – which the long distance over the sea would have required – invading the whole bay. Finally, on the southern part of the bay, close to Doha’s new airport, lies the Al Sharq Bridge. This tube-like structure positioned on the water surface, offers enchanting views of the whole city through wide oblique cuts interrupting its tubular shape.Vehicles and people circulating beneath the sea, biomorphic bridges arising from the ocean, sculptural structures designing this new city’s iconic landmarks; Calatrava’s Sharq Crossing definitely bridges Doha to the future.Damiana Treccozzi© 2014 Santiago Calatlava © 2014 Santiago Calatlava1 Santiago Calatrava - Architects & Engineers project profile.2 Santiago Calatrava - Architects & Engineers project profile.Notes© 2014 Santiago Calatlava

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