Print Email Facebook Twitter Shaping Forces Title Shaping Forces: Review of two Bridge Design Methodologies towards Architectural and Structural Symbiosis Author Smits, J.E.P. (TU Delft OLD Structural Design) Eigenraam, P. (TU Delft Structural Design & Mechanics) Gkaidatzis, R. (TU Delft OLD Structural Design) Visser, Dirk Rinze (BuroHappold Engineering) Wong, Kailin (BuroHappold Engineering) Wassermann-Fry, Stephan (BuroHappold Engineering) Date 2018-06-01 Abstract This paper investigates the symbiotic relationship between the architectural appearance of a bridge and the structural design. The research is done by reviewing and comparing the design methodology employed by the first author in the conceptualization of two of his bridges; an early work from 1997 and a recent work from 2017. The review of the early work describes a design methodology that could be described as intuitive design, whereas the later work is the result of computational from-finding and optimization. Parallels are drawn and the historical development of the toolbox of the architect and the engineer is described. The paper analysis the way the two designs were achieved by looking from the perspective of the architect and that of the engineer, two disciplines that nowadays closely work together on the design of a bridge. The paper concludes by identifying the key design considerations to achieve a beautiful yet structurally sound bridge. The question whether beauty can be the sole result of a rational design process towards the most efficient form according to the laws of mechanics, is addressed. This paper demonstrate the belief that when it comes to the design of a bridge, architecture and structure, form and force, are involved in an interdependable and symbiotic relationship. Subject Bridge designArchitectureStructural designOptimizationParametric designForm-findingConcreteFRP To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:151190a0-62d4-43b2-9473-c7846d051ac4 DOI https://doi.org/10.20898/j.iass.2018.196.884 Embargo date 2019-06-01 ISSN 1028-365X Source Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, 59 (2 (n.196)), 152-164 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2018 J.E.P. Smits, P. Eigenraam, R. Gkaidatzis, Dirk Rinze Visser, Kailin Wong, Stephan Wassermann-Fry Files PDF s2_5_196_Smits.pdf 1.36 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:151190a0-62d4-43b2-9473-c7846d051ac4/datastream/OBJ/view