Arganzuela Footbridge

Burying the highway that ran along the river opened up a new urban territory for residents: a long riverside park, crossed by a series of new bridges linking its two sides.

Designed to connect the neighbourhoods on the right and left banks, this footbridge is the longest of them, shared by pedestrians and cyclists. It lets people cross from one side of the park to the other while giving direct access to the park below.

The bridge takes the form of cones, two interlocking metal spirals wrapped by a metal ribbon. Spaced timber slats form the deck and let sunlight filter through to the park underneath, and the cones open belvederes over the park and the city around it.