e-Research topic 9
Pedestrian bridges
There has been a call for a new pedestrian bridge spanning the Torrens
from the Riverbank to Victoria Drive (City
Messenger, 7th December 2001, page 13), whilst State Government
funding has been approved for a pedestrian bridge from North Terrace to
the Riverbank (City
Messenger, 30th Oct 2002, page 5). Discuss the design constraints
for the new bridges modelling your selection of issues to be discussed
on the critique for the new pedestrian bridge spanning the Spencer Street
Rail yards in Steel
profile, no.71, June 2000, pages 2-9.
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"Skyhooks",
Steel profile, no.71, June 2000, pages 1-9.
"Hayward
suggests bridge link between Riverbank and Oval", City Messenger,
7th December 2001, page 13.
"Bridge
for pedestrians from North Tce to the riverbank", City Messenger,
30th October 2002, page 5.
Books
Leach, Neil. The
anaesthetics of architecture. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press,
1999.
Main collection 720.1
L434a
Bill, Max. Robert
Maillart: bridges and constructions. 3rd ed. London : Pall Mall
Press, 1969.
Main collection 624.2
B596
Frampton, Kenneth, Webster, Anthony C., Tischhauser, Anthony. Calatrava
bridges. London, Zurich, Artemis, 1993.
Main collection 624.2
C153Z.F
Articles
Movement Notation
Tschumi, Bernard, "Illustrated
Index: themes from the Manhattan Transcripts", AA files,
no.4, July 1983, pages 65-74.
Critiques
Ward, Peter. "There's
no place like Homebush", Australian, 26th July 1999, page
14.
Ward, Peter. "Building
on brick and mortarboards", Australian, 12th December
2001, pages 28-29.
"RADAR:Projects",
Architecture
Australia, vol. 90, no. 6, pages 26-27.
Includes Ultimo footbridge.
Web sites
Calatrava portfolio. Bridges.
RAIA Projects Gallery. Urban Design - Bridges
Details of projects nominated for RAIA Awards
ENCYCLOPAEDIAS and HANDBOOKS are useful sources for
background information.
Encyclopedia
of architecture, design, engineering & construction.
Wiley, New York, 1990.
Reference collection
720.3 W682e
"Bridges", vol.1, pages 493-509.
McGraw-Hill
encyclopedia of science and technology. 9th ed. McGraw-Hill.
New York, 2002.
Reference collection
503 M14.8
"Bridge", vol.3, pages 277-293. "Structural
design", vol.17, pages 564-567.
Ching, F. D. K. Visual
dictionary of architecture. Wiley, New York, 1997.
Reference collection
720.3 C539v
Instead of an alphabetical listing, the information
is clustered around basic aspects of architecture with words placed in
their visual context. Included are fundamental terms relating to
architectural design, history and technology. See "Cable structure",
pages 28-29. "Truss", pages 259-261. "Arch", pages 12-14.
"Beam", pages 15-17. "Column", pages 40-41.
The following handbooks present guidelines for architectural design
over a range of activities, building types, and environments.
These follow European or North American precedents, remember to check with
Australian
codes.
Architect's
data. (Neufert) 3rd ed. Oxford, Blackwell Science
Publishers, 2000.
Reference collection
721.0212 N482a.3
Metric
handbook: planning and design data. 2nd ed. Oxford,
Architectural Press, 1999.
Reference collection
721.0212 N532.2
Time-saver
standards for landscape architecture: design and construction data.
2nd ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Reference collection
712.0212 H313t.2
Section 470, "Pedestrian Bridges".
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