Bridge in Ice

Bridge in Ice A graduation project of Roel Koekkoek and Thijs van de Nieuwenhof at the Eindhoven University of Technology. http://www.structuralice.com See you next year!

After the great experience in Finland (Sagrada Familia in Ice project) we were asked to graduate on a new ice-project in 2016. Full of enthusiasm we started generating ideas for a new cool project. After several brainstorm sessions, where we discussed the aforementioned opportunities and insights, we developed the first concepts. We’ve now picked up the idea to realize world’s longest ice bridge.

In the winter of 2016 a project team of several universities, volunteers and companies will again make the journey to Juuka, attempting to make a 35-meter (164ft) span ice-bridge based on a design by Leonardo Da Vinci. In 1502 the famous genius designed a bridge for Istanbul with a span of 240 meter (790ft), which was never built. With our project team we will create a scale model of this bridge in ice, with a span of approximately 35 meters. The shape of the original design seems to be very appropriate for building with reinforced ice on inflatable molds. So the techniques of previous years will be used again, extended with new inventions. It will be the biggest single-span structure in ice ever realized. The bridge will be part of an snow track that leads along the “Juuka in Ice events”. The arena is located around an old stone quarry of the Tulikivi Stone factory. Several universities, companies and volunteers will work together to realize the snow track, including a huge frozen waterfall. The track will start close to the Juuka Stone Center (museum) where a model will be shown of a thin shell structure in ice. The thin shell is based on the 1958 Restaurant Los Manantiales by Felix Candela in Mexico. This pavilion will be led by Bram Ronsse, a graduation student of the University of Ghent. In 2014 the largest ice dome with a span of 30 meters was realized in Juuka, Finland. Last winter we built the Sagrada Familia in Ice with a height of 21 meters, the highest ice dome ever. After two successful projects the 35 meter ice bridge is the next challenge for the project team. We’re looking forward to the preparations this year and hoping to receive as much support as we did previous projects. We want to thank in advance the TU/e, Arno Pronk, Tulikivi and the municipality of Juuka for giving us this great opportunity. You can follow our progress on www.structuralice.com and facebook.com/bridgeinice.com .

14/09/2017
10/09/2017

This winter we are going to do a new ice project in China!

Like our new Facebookpage so we can keep you up-to-date:

We build with Ice! Our new project will be a tower of 30 meters in China!

By adding fibres to the ice we are able to build ice structures. Such as the Pykrete dome, the Sagrada in Ice and the Bridge in Ice.

Structural Ice is a five year old organisation from the TU/e Eindhoven (The Netherlands). We’re in collaboration with different educational institutions on an international level.
In 2010 we started a research in the course of use and appliance with solid ice. Through different kind of solid ice sculptures,

03/03/2016

On 27-29 July at the International Conference on Structures and Architecture in Guimarães, Portugal, there will be a Special Session about 'Reinforced Ice Structures: in the footsteps of Da Vinci and Candela'. This session will be will be organised in parallel with a special photo exhibition about the Structural Ice Projects. See http://www.icsa2016.arquitectura.uminho.pt/Default.aspx?tabid=1&pageid=36&lang=en-US for more information.

Creativity plays a fundamental role in architectural design: Performance Aided Design (PAD) indicates an evolving paradigm in architectural design, in which computational tools are increasingly used to expand the opportunities for creative work when the problems are too complex to be solved purely o…

Thank you to all of our sponsors and volunteers!
13/02/2016

Thank you to all of our sponsors and volunteers!

The organization of last years projects are organizing ICE CARNAVAL at the building site of the Bridge in Ice. It's goin...
10/02/2016

The organization of last years projects are organizing ICE CARNAVAL at the building site of the Bridge in Ice. It's going to be an amazing party with traditional Dutch music and crazy outfits! Do you want be elected as king or queen of the ice carnaval?....Then make sure you dress your best!

Hope to see all upcoming Thursday!

Read the blog of prof. D. Huylebrouck about his experience and visit during our ice-projects here in Juuka. Was a pleasu...
09/02/2016

Read the blog of prof. D. Huylebrouck about his experience and visit during our ice-projects here in Juuka. Was a pleasure and inspiring to have him around our building site.

Dutch only:
http://www.scilogs.be/drspi/leonardo-in-ijs/

Progress requires setbacks.What a wonderful project with wonderful people!Photos by Coen Dalenoord
08/02/2016

Progress requires setbacks.

What a wonderful project with wonderful people!

Photos by Coen Dalenoord

After months of preparations and six weeks of working on the building site, we lost the battle against the weather.The c...
08/02/2016

After months of preparations and six weeks of working on the building site, we lost the battle against the weather.
The calculated warmer periods came unfortunately exactly at the wrong time.
This night at 4.00 AM during a guard shift, the middle part of the bridge came down due to the melting process of the last days.
There were no accidents and the situation is under control.
We're very disappointed that we're unable to finish this incredible project.
We're now focussing on how to celebrate and thank all sponsors, volunteers, universities and other participants during the opening event on next Saturday 13-2 in Juuka.

Photo Thomas Meijerman

Osoite

Joensuuntie
Nunnanlahti
83940

Puhelin

+31 (0) 6 14 63 55 92

Nettisivu

Hälytykset

Tiedä ensimmäisenä ja anna meille oikeus lähettää sinulle sähköpostitse uutisia ja promootioita Bridge in Ice :ltä. Sähköpostiosoitettasi ei käytetä muihin tarkoituksiin, ja voit perua milloin tahansa.

Ota Yhteyttä Organisaatio

Lähetä viesti Bridge in Ice :lle:

Oikopolut

Jaa

Kategoria