Foot Over Bridge at Outer Ring Road Bellandur Bangalore

Foot Over Bridge Bellandur

A biomorphic steel ribcage spans across the river of traffic

ORRCA [Outer Ring Road Corporate Association]

Focus / Architecture & Structural Design

Type

Pedestrian Infrastructure / Public Space

City

Bangalore

Built Up Area

57 Meters

Site

The Foot-bridge will be used by about 30,000 pedestrians to go across the busy Outer Ring Road in Bellandur. The six lane road has seen many fatalities at this point. The footbridge will also facilitate access to the bus stops on the main carriageway. It spans across 72 meters and is column free across the main carriageway.

The design in itself takes inspiration from the nature to create, an element which is structurally efficient and sculpturally beautiful. The skeletal structure of a reptile accommodates a very strong flexible design, where the rib cage is well developed held together by a strong spine and bound by a strenum. Following these principles, this design has been abstracted to accommodate the components of the bridge to come under one structure.