• PROJECT
    Pont sur le Danube
  • LOCATION
    Linz (Autriche)
  • CLIENT
    Ville de Linz
  • PROJECT MANAGEMENT
    Marc Mimram Architecture et Ingénierie, MP ZT GmbH
  • DATES
    2014 – 2021
  • AREA
    Total length of 420 meters - Width of 34 meters
  • COST
    50 M€
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Historically, the city developed along the south bank of the Danube. Today, the development of the Urfahr district is slowly recentring the city around the river. This balanced south-north redevelopment process involves a project that embraces the Danube in its entirety, from Linz to Urfahr, while remaining attentive to the unique features of the riverscape. In this asymmetrical landscape, the unifying project creates a connection from city to city without neglecting the river. Two of the cantilevers are centred on the minor bed with its navigable channel, while the third spans the major bed to the north.

The infrastructure must be capable of being modified at any time as the city’s transport systems evolve: it must be able to accommodate all future modes of transport. This is why there is no superstructure on the central section of the bridge.

We have paid special attention to the pathways across the bridge, providing both cycle lanes and footpaths. The light, transparent superstructures provide a variety of different views over the city and the river.

The bridge we propose stands gently and discreetly on the site and makes optimum use of its geographical features: not only those of the landscape and the river, but also those of the city through which it flows. This attention paid to the surrounding area and to users of the bridge is what makes the project so coherent.