Article source: schneider+schumacher

The new white oil terminal bridge is an elegant, curved structure. It spans the 70m wide entrance to the oil terminal harbour in Raunheim with a spiralling access ramp. This sculptural bridge design stems from Frankfurt architects schneider+schumacher.

The clients for the bridge appointed Schüßler-Plan as structural engineers. The bridge’s location is, on the one hand, influenced by the industrial character of the harbour, and on the other, by the River Main that runs parallel to it, with its attractive embankment and mature trees. The bridge will primarily be used by cyclists and pedestrians.

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• Architects: schneider+schumacher
• Project: Ölhafen Bridge
• Location: Raunheim, Germany
• Client: Stadt Raunheim (“Drei gewinnt. Interkommunaler Stadtumbau Rüsselsheim, Raunheim, Kelsterbach”)
• Project architects: Michael Schumacher, Karlo Filipovic
• Project manager: Ingo Weißer (Schüßler-Plan Ingenieure GmbH)
• Structural engineers: Schüßler-Plan Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH
• Project steering: NH ProjektStadt (Unternehmensgruppe Nassauische Heimstätte/Wohnstadt)
• Awards: Baukultur in Hessen 2013_Landeswettbewerb “ZUSAMMEN GEBAUT”_Leben mit Wasser
• Competition: 05/2009 – 06/2009
• Planning period: 07/2009 – 12/2009
• Construction period: 2012-2013

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