Modern bridges are typically built at least a foot higher than the expected 50-year flood, but that’s not so for this unusual bridge built on the floodplains in the flood-prone Dutch city of Nijmegen. NEXT Architects and H+N+S Landscape Architects designed the Zalige Bridge, a footbridge that becomes partly submerged when the water levels rise, forcing people to use the exposed concrete blocks as stepping-stones to traverse the water.
Unusual Dutch Bridge Embraces Flooding In A Thought-provoking Way
Lucy Wang, Inhabitat
Mon, 02/19/2018 - 2:30am
Topics: nijmegen h+n+s landscape completed march january waal river related edinburgh as zalige bridge room river h+n+s landscape via archdaily images rutger hollander dutch architects zalige bridge unusual embraces flooding thought-provoking water people typically submerged rose built dynamic levels project h+n+s year experience stepping-stones designed
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