The footbridge serves as a crucial link between the developments at Zollstrasse and Europaallee, densifying Zürich's city center along the tracks. Its design provides superordinate orientation within the urban fabric, allowing pedestrians to experience the crossing of the tracks as a brief pause amidst the city's bustle.
The lateral bridge brow seamlessly integrates into the spiral staircases' curved cheek, stretching the fine bridge arch to city level and symbolically connecting both sides of the city. The gentle arch shape, culminating at the center, reinforces the footbridge's presence amidst the flickering railway installations.
The sweeping curve geometry around the round lift tower liberates the bridge walkways from the cubic boundaries of adjacent buildings, maximizing open space on both sides. This design language, focused on movement, highlights the unique position of Max Vogt's sculptural signal box building.
The parapet, providing continuous protection for pedestrians, features a dense metal mesh woven through supporting posts between upper and lower linear elements. This design gives the parapet a textile effect, while the fabric-like paneling of the lift towers transforms them into light, visible cylinders in the urban space.
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