Network Rail's design manual, Footbridges & Subways - Standard and Custom Bridges for Station and Non-Station Environments

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Rethinking the Design Manual for footbridges and tunnels to be a leverage good and sustainable design across the UK's rail network

In close collaboration with Network Rail, Gottlieb Paludan Architects updated the design manual “Footbridges & Subways”, which includes description and assessment of Network Rail's standard bridge designs. The design manual will inform and guide users users to design new bridge and tunnel connections, and will leverage good and sustainable design across the design across the UK rail network. Gottlieb Paludan Architects has led a team, which also included consultants from Currie & Brown and structural engineers from Davies Maguire.

Client
Network Rail
Status
Competition
Year
2019
Collaborators
Davies Maguire Engineering, Light Bureau UK, Arup, Currie & Brown, Osborne
Areas of Expertise
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Standard designs for accessible and safety-optimized bridges for station environments

With a vision to promote accessibility, Network Rail has Network Rail has in recent years developed a number of standard designs, all of which comply with Network Rail's Rail's own Design Principles and ensure that users can move around easily and safely. The new standard designs, which based on a deep understanding of both functionality and form, consist of 4 bridge designs for station environments as well as two bridge designs that can be used when a bridge connection across the track is needed between stations.

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The design manual will inform and guide users in the design of new bridge and tunnel connections, leveraging good and sustainable design across the UK rail network.

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Alle mennesker skal kunne bevæge sig trygt og værdigt gennem vores fælles byrum og bygninger. I komplekse anlæg som stationer, terminaler og andre offentlige knudepunkter er universelt design ikke bare en funktion – det er et grundlæggende designprincip, der sikrer lige adgang og høj funktionalitet for alle, uanset fysiske eller kognitive forudsætninger.

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Broer er afgørende forbindelser i den byggede infrastruktur. De skaber mobilitet, forbinder bydele og landskaber og bidrager til sammenhæng i transportnettet og det offentlige rum. Udover deres funktion som færdselsårer har broer også betydning for omgivelsernes arkitektoniske og oplevelsesmæssige kvalitet. Derfor kræver brodesign både teknisk indsigt og en bevidsthed om stedets karakter og brugernes behov.

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Lys er en uundværlig del af vores hverdag. Det skaber de rammer, vi lever og arbejder i, og har en afgørende indvirkning på vores velvære. Når lyset er godt, understøtter det os i vores aktiviteter, skaber tryghed og styrker den visuelle oplevelse af de steder, vi færdes. Derfor er det vigtigt, at lysdesign planlægges med omtanke og indsigt for at understøtte både funktion og æstetik i vores rum og bygninger.

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