This proposal for a footbridge on the T. Papadopoulos Avenue by Elina Pattichi won the first prize in the competition for a footbridge in Pafos City, Cyprus. The design ensures safe pedestrian circulation between the adjacent schools and the residential areas while creating a station for pedestrians and cyclists. The footbridge form and curvature was based on the circulation diagram of the pedestrians and cyclists. A curved gesture that connects the two sidewalks ensures the direct flow of circulation across the road. More images and project description after the break.
Due to the limited space of the plot in the southwest side of the road, a scale and an elevator are proposed for the vertical circulation. Considering the cyclist circulation a 40cm gap by the stairs is used for cyclist dismount. In the north edge of the bridge, a ramp leads directly to the courtyard of the school, while the footbridge form adapts to the terrain (3% ramp inclination). A second ramp leads to the adjacent road (5% ramp inclination). In the middle of the footbridge two stairwells lead to the level of the road’s northeast sidewalk.
