Norwegian Public Roads

Administration
Oslo, November 2013

Engineers and Architects

Delivering award-winning bridges together
Stephen James Bridge Designer, Associate, Ramboll UK

LANDMARK BRIDGES

RAMBOLL

UK

BRIDGE DESIGN

If the architect just chooses the

colour of the paint and the
engineer taps out a few numbers
on a calculator, . who actually
does the work?

ARCHITECT

ENGINEER

CAUSE DELAY

PROBLEM ORIENTATED

EXPENSIVE

LACK SENSITIVITY

INEFFICIENT

UNIMAGINATIVE

INDECISIVE

INFLEXIBLE

AESTHETIC FOCUS

SHORT-SIGHTED

STRUCTURALLY NAIVE

RESTRICTIVE

DISRUPTIVE INFLUENCE

Regeneration

1995

MERCHANTS BRIDGE

Technology

1997

CHALLENGE OF MATERIALS

Sculptural

2000

SHANKS

Focus

2001

YORK MILLENNIUM

Context

2001

RIVER LUNE

Iconic

2002

GATESHEAD

Placemaking

2003

COVENTRY PHOENIX

Connectivity

2004

CHELSEA WHARF

Movement

2008

RIVERSIDE

innovation

2009

DERBY CATHEDRAL

Drama

2009

FORTHSIDE

Sensitivity

2010

CAERNARFON CASTLE

Elegance

2011

MEDIA CITY FOOTBRIDGE

Efficiency

2012

SPINNINGFIELDS

Function

2012

TWIN SAILS

Composition

2012

JARROLD BRIDGE

Composition

2012

JARROLD BRIDGE

Composition

2012

JARROLD BRIDGE

Composition

2012

JARROLD BRIDGE

Lightness

2013

RHYL

ARCHITECT

ENGINEER

CONTEXT

SAFETY

COMPOSITION

EFFICIENCY

SCALE

ECONOMY

FUNCTION

DURABILITY

DETAIL

BUILDABILITY

VISUALLY LEGIBLE

STRUCTURALLY TRUE

LASTING QUALITY

THANK YOU