Dezeen Magazine - Portuguese Architects Want to Relocate Porto's Maria Pia Bridge

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Portuguese architects want to relocatePorto's Maria Pia Bridge3 October 2013| 35 comments

ews:two Portuguese architects want to transform Porto's iconic Maria Pia Bridge, built in 1877y usta!e "i#el, into a monument by mo!ing the disused structure from its $resent locationn the %i!er &ouro to the city centre
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esigned by the (rench engineer of "i#el )ower fame, the wrought*iron railway bridge has beenut of use since 1++1 owe!er, as one of Porto's most recognisable structures, Pedro Bandeirand Pedro -uno %amalhobelie!e it could hel$ the city establish its international identity)he relocated & Maria Pia Bridge would bring a new monumentality to the city,. reads therchitects' $ro$osal .)he bridge would be a monument of the deindustrialisation, where the

materiality of the nineteenth century gi!es $lace to the contem$orary immateriality.

andeira and %amalho entered the $ro$osal in a com$etition see/ing ideas to re!italise theurifcia area in central Porto 0lthough it didn't win, the architects insist it could still become aatalyst for urban regenerationBy relocating 2the bridge to the centre of the city on a higher $osition, 2it would regainsibility but mostly another meaning, since it is released of the need of being useful,. they

aid

ccording to the $lans, the bridge's latticed girder structure could be easily dismantled 4t couldhen be re*erected o!er a $eriod of !e months, with a budget of less than 61 million 985

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once$t for dismantling the bridge

he bridge currently s$ans the %i!er &ouro in the south*east of the city Aith a height of metres and a 353*metre s$an, it was once the longest single*arch s$an in the world

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ro$osed site $lannce 1++1 the & Maria Pia Bridge is not at use Aith the two new bridges o!er the &ouro %i!erthe 4nfante Bridge and the G IoJo Bridge * it lost its scale and dignityF it is hidden and

orgotten By relocating it to the centre of the city on a higher $osition, the bridge would regainsibility but mostly another meaning, since it is released of the need of being useful )hero$osal rescues the beautiful e=$ression .wor/*of*art. used in some languages by thengineers to refer to the construction of bridges )he originality of the solution wouldontribute, in a rst moment, for increasing tourism and conseDuently the de!elo$ment of otherer!ices 0side from that, it is more signicant the boost of the city's identity, nourishing theelf*esteem of its inhabitants, the fundamental actors on the re!italisation of the city

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@hris Mac&onaldsic/ofbullsNO1 months ago0greed 0cademic at best 0nother $ointless .what if we did this.

amsam @hris Mac&onald1 months ago?b!iously it won't ha$$en but if you thin/ .what if we did this. Duestionsare .$ointless. you're missing out on 0 ;?)

@hris Mac&onaldamsam1 months ago-ot at all Most $eo$le don't let nonsense thoughts see thelight of day, they ha!e a little something called intuition, or

as 4 li/e to call it .a bullsOOO lter.$orto @hris Mac&onald1 months ago%ight Qou sound li/e those .down to earth.realistic $oliticians or e!en better, ci!ilconstructor

@hris Mac&onald$orto1 months agoBeats ha!ing your head stuc/ in theclouds, coming u$ with conce$ts that willne!er e!er be realised

amsam@hris Mac&onald+ monthsagoBoring conce$ts get reali>ed all thetime * doesn't ma/e me wish 4'dbeen the one who reali>ed them0ma>ing conce$ts that ha$$en cangrow out of outrageous conce$tsthat can't

oberto 1 months agohe famous bridge's name is &om ;uis 4 no Maria PiaR

)ri$eiro %oberto1 months agoQou're so wrong )here are two bridges in Porto made by )eSlo Geyrig a /nown "i#elassociate -one of them is truly recognised as being from "i#el?ne is & Maria Pia and not 4 near Porto's downtown with two $latforms the u$$erone for the subway and the bottom one for car traTc:

$orto)ri$eiro1 months ago4t's ama>ing to see the condence that some $eo$le ha!e in incorrectassum$tionsR

mnicrom 1 months agoa!ing been to Porto and seen this bridge for myself, 4 ha!e to say this is stu$id beyond belief 4t's aonderful structure, along with the city's many other bridges and deser!es far better than this

AhatU omnicrom1 months ago)his is the best way $ossible to honor a bridge )his is a beautiful idea and Portugalshould ma/e this ha$$en

0rnold AhatU1 months agoGure 4n fact 4 ha!e a better ideaF let's dismantle it and $ut it in the BritishMuseum

athens 0rnold1 months ago)hey don't ha!e anymore s$ace because of the ree/ ruinsthat they stole

us Pinto1 months agoo$e this goes nowhere 0nd note to $oster, the ri!er's name is .&ouro. not .&uoro.
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&e>een Maga>ineMod;us Pinto1 months agoi ;us,

)han/ you for $ointing this out Ae ha!e corrected the story

Kind regards,%ossV&e>eencarsten ;us Pinto1 months agoAell, they are already ban/ru$t )hey might sell the scra$ steel and ha!e no bridgeleft at all

)ri$eiro carsten1 months ago4 a$ologise but 4 need to ma/e a correction since what you say isn't trueAe're not ban/ru$t Ae ha!e a corru$ted go!ernment destroying oureconomy and ser!ing the "W while stealing its $eo$le

0irborne)ri$eiro+ months ago)his $ro


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ui Pra>eres1 months agoAhy are we not funding thisUeterB 1 months ago

nce $ylons aren't the nicest things to li!e alongside, this could be all too im$osing to ha!e o!erour dwelling 4 would guess that it would $ro!ide a good lightning conductor to a large $art of thetyRtuart gardyne1 months ago

Aell 4 lo!e it 0s the architect's sayC .released from the need of being useful. it becomes .uniDue,>arre and absurd. 4'd lo!e to $romenade along it, with a smile on my face and contem$late how

he best things in life transcend the ob!ious, the ordinary and the mundanean 1 months ago

Ahy not turn it into a $edestrian bridge on the original siteUarlos 1 months agom $ortugueseR Ahat a horrible architectR 4t's a bridge not a scul$ture "i#el )ower is a tower not a

ridgeR $hili$$e carlos1 months agoQou'!e got yourself a brilliant counter*$ro$osal there ot some s$are time andPhotosho$U

ndrew )hom$son 1 months agohis idea is e=cellent 4t's a shame it didn't get serious consideration o on Porto, ma/e it ha$$enRreat wor/ Pedro Bandeira and Pedro -uno %amalho
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