Puentes Cascara, Madrid M30 motorway project photo, Spanish West 8 design image
Puentes Cascara Madrid, Spain : New Bridge
Cascara Bridge, Spain design by West 8 / MRIO Arquitectos
21 Sep 2010
Location: Madrid, Spain
Designers: West 8 & MRIO
Together with MRIO, West 8 is responsible for the master plan for the reclaimed river banks and the new urban area above the tunnels of the M30 motorway around Madrid. The master plan consists of several sub-projects:
Puentes Cascara photo © West 8 urban design & landscape architecture
Puentes Cascara Madrid
Avenida de Portugal – Esplanade above the tunnels to the axis of the royal palace
Salon de Pinos – Concept with 8,000 pine trees above the tunnels
Huerta de la Partida
Jardines de Puente de Toledo – Parterres on center area near historic Toledo Bridge over the tunnels
Parque de la Arganzuela – Central Park area above the tunnels
Puentes Cascara photo © West 8 urban design & landscape architecture
Parque de la Arganzuela and the Salon de Pinos are connected by two slow traffic bridges, the Puente Cascara. These bridges are designed as a massive concrete domes with a rough texture. More than one hundred cables carry the slim steel deck and referring to the beleens of a whale. The ceilings have a mosaic of the Spanish artist Daniel Canogar. In the edge of the ceiling the lighting is included which illuminates the artwork and the deck by reflection. The balusters are finely detailed as bars of cast aluminum that are placed every 20 cm.
Puentes Cascara photo © West 8 urban design & landscape architecture
Puentes Cascara Madrid – Building Information
Client: City of Madrid
Team: West 8 + MRIO
Design: 2007-08
Realization: 2009-10
Span: 41 metres
Size: 47m x 8,5m x 8m
Puentes Cascara Madrid images / information from West 8 urban design & landscape architecture
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