A suburban landscape element made of discarded shipping containers.
Project name
Lookout Above Litomyšl
Architecture firm
atelier-r
Location
výhledNa, Litomyšl 49.8818153N, 16.3077514E, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Miroslav Pospíšil
Design team
Martin Karlík
Built area
Built-up area 37,5 m² Gross floor area 57,5 m² Usable floor area 53,5 m²
Collaborators
Statics: LOstade CZ. Lightning calculation, earthing: Radim Blaťák. Mikado – lightning conductor system artwork: Jan Dostál. Main contractor: Zámečnictví Sloupský. Mikado artwork realization: DOSTAL SCULPTURE [Jan Dostál]
Lighting
Lightning calculation, earthing: Radim Blaťák
Material
Discarded Shipping Containers 45 FT PW – 13715 × 2550 × 2633 Mm. Reinforcing Steel Structure – Closed Steel Profiles. Supporting Structure Of The Staircase – Spine Beam From Steel Plates P10. Stair Steps, Observation Desk – Galvanized Steel. Steel Gate – Relocated Original Gate Of The Container. Stair Railing – Stainless Steel Mesh. Lightning Conductor – Stainless Steel Pipes
Typology
Public Space › Suburban Landscape Element
A good bridge is like a good deed in an unkind world, an altruistic investment in the public realm, a way to connect people and places, designed in such a way that it is pleasing to experience and to look at. Litomyšl’s new footbridge is exactly that: an entirely convincing synthesis of architecture, engineering, and urbanism, connecting two segmen...
Project name
Footbridge in Litomyšl
Architecture firm
EHL & KOUMAR ARCHITEKTI
Location
Litomyšl, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Lukáš Ehl, Tomáš Koumar
Design team
Lukáš Ehl, Tomáš Koumar, Ladislav Dvořák, Ladislav Šašek
Collaborators
Graphics: Ivana Šrámková. Lighting design: Ladislav Tikovský
Typology
Public Spaces › Footbridge
