Geometry at work

PONTE DELLA MUSICA, ROME


PONTE DELLA MUSICA, ROME

Kit Powell-Williams and Buro Happold won this international competition for a new bridge across the Tiber in Rome in year 2000.   

This bridge completes a new axis on via Guido Reni which includes Renzo Piano's "Auditorium"; Nervi's "Palazzetto dello Sport", Zaha Hadid's "MAXXI" gallery and the Stadio Flaminio.  The birdge was opened for public use in April 2011.

The construction site in Rome can be viewed via webcam at http://www.digitalanimation.it/ripreseMattioliRoma.html

Client: Buro Happold / Comune di Roma (Rome City Council)
Consulting Engineers: Buro Happold