Abstract
The “Piccoli Angeli” bridge was implemented by Zara Metalmeccanica Srl and designed by Prof. Enzo Siviero’s team. The bridge, with a 56 m span, is the synthesis of a design path that considered points of view related to culture and landscape as well as technical and economic aspects. The bridge, which has a strategic function in the countryside network context, memorializes through its name (Ponte degli Angeli) a tragic event that marked the history and now belongs to the memory of the place. The colours of the bridge (a dark gray for the scaffolding and white for the lateral bands) make it visible against the landscape, while the tapered and tense shape recalls the light curvatures that appear on the horizon. The result is a sober, elegant and economical work: the bridge was built for about 800,000 Euro.
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The cultural approach to this specific theme as the concept design of the work is the result of a synergic process developed by Alessandro Stocco and Prof. Enzo Siviero. The final design, together with the implementation of the work, has been completed thanks to the coordinated work of an interdisciplinary team. In particular, this paper contains a synthesis of the important analytical work developed by Pietro Zara, Mario Organte and his office, Federico Zago, Luigi Rebonato, Michele Culatti, Gabriele Maragotto, Marco Zanon, and mayor Henri Tommasi together with Fausto Sanguanini (for the local administration).This work encompasses all stages of the construction, from the static and dynamic behaviour of the bridge to the transportation and implementation phases of the bridge.
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Stocco, A., Siviero, E. (2021). “Piccoli Angeli” Bridge Over Gorzone Canal in Cavarzere (VE). In: Gülkan, P., Caner, A., Memisoglu Apaydin, N. (eds) Developments in International Bridge Engineering. Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic, vol 17. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59169-4_5
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