Bustler: “High-Speed Car Ramp” - the outside-the-Box Cycling Bridge for Lisbon

“High-Speed Car Ramp” - the outside-the-Box Cycling Bridge for Lisbon

Posted: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 | ↓ 5 comments

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Within its 2009 edition and the theme “It’s About Time”, EXD and Portuguese Galp Energia Foundation invited architects, engineers and all respective firms to design a new infrastructure for Portugal’s capital Lisbon. The open international competition asked for ideas for a new cycling bridge in Lisbon and drew an impressive 62 submissions from 14 countries including Portugal, Brazil, India, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, the United States, Tunisia, China, Spain, Jordan, Israel and Bangladesh.

The winners of the competition were announced last night at experimentadesign lisboa:

1st Prize: Telmo Cruz + Maximina Almeida (Portugal)

2nd Prize: Moxon Architects Limited (Great Britain)

3rd Prize: Impromptu Arquitectos + Selahattin Tuysuz Architecture (Portugal)

Honorable Mention: Studio Kawamuka Ganjavian (Spain)

Honorable Mention: Atelier do Cardoso (Spain)

Special Mention: Tiago Barros + Jorge Pereira (Portugal)

The winning work and jury shortlist is currently on display at the Lounging Space during EXD’09, between October 4 and November 8, 2009.

One project stood out especially due to its…let’s say…experimental approach towards a cycling bridge which won it the special mention prize: “High-Speed Car Ramp” by Portuguese Tiago Barros + Jorge Pereira. Below is some project info from the team:

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Aerial view of the high-speed car ramp

Project Architects: Tiago Barros + Jorge Pereira
Team: Ines Valente and Joao Paulo Fernandes

Why change the route of pedestrians and cyclists?

We propose a High-Speed Car Ramp that enables pedestrians and cyclists to cross freely the Segunda Circular Highway. North and South become connected again.
The cars path is altered by a ramp that acts as a bridge for vehicles. Drivers are expected to accelerate - burning more gas - which is provided by Galp Energia.

The ramp will provide a long lasting event. An event that will take place every second a car goes by. This long lasting show will bring people from all over the world. A new tourist attraction takes place. The arrival of this new catalyst will foster the redevelopment of the whole region.

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Concept of the ramp

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Speed diagram

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The ramp becomes an ongoing event and major tourist attraction

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A car driver’s view when approaching the ramp

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Rendering of the ramp

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Physical model

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Models

Images: Tiago Barros + Jorge Pereira

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Comments:

Steve M.
NYC
Friday, October 09, 2009

WTF! Is this a joke? Grow up Tiago Barros & Jorge Pereira!

galaxian
Sunday, October 11, 2009

Good joke, it is not just for real .
Are there any pictures of other project? THX.

t
Lx
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

does anybody knows that the winners ad as engineer the same guy that was invited by the experimenta design to participate in a conference with the president of the jury in the day before of the meeting of the jury..?????????
what a great competition to participate.....

h
NY
Friday, October 16, 2009

altho the entry is hilarious! it made me happy like in the first years of arch studies: a simple invention with pure joy, no practicality. normally this would get just a honorable mention

LM
cleveland,OH
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Like all things Portuguese, this competition was a joke. The organizers gave the winning prize to a team anchored by this guy, António Adão, who was called to lay the ground rules for judging the competition! The organizers first mentioned the name of only the two winners (Telmo Cruz + Maximina Almeida) , and then weeks later they added the name of this guy António Adão to the list. They called it an international competition just to give it sheen of respectability, while most of the entries that won were Iberian.
I took this up with the organizers but they chose to remain silent on the subject.
Check out their website: http://www.experimentadesign.pt/2009/en/00-02-01.html
to see this scam.
Avoid taking part in competitions in Portugal in the future; it is still a feudal country.