Bridge Design, a Creative Process

Abstract

The origin of any bridge or footbridge project arises from a need to unite two realities that are separated by an existing physical barrier. It has a beginning and an end, and the path in the air that unites them can be solved by an infinite number of solutions. In each project, starting with a blank sheet, a journey takes place that goes through a creative process, a continuous back and forth from idea to detail, from the general to the particular, in an exciting game in search of a solution, in search of beauty. This process is subtle, yet has the power to excite and move us, an apparently simple harmony, behind which lies great complexity. Everything has to converge, and the forms and nuances should be balanced in a such a way that everything appears just as it should be nothing missing, yet nothing superfluous, the perfect balance of form and function.

Keywords:

• beauty
• aesthetics
• design
• creative process
• creative thinking
• structural typology