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Hinterrhein­brücke Reichenau

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Location: Reichenau
Competition 2015

Berrel Berrel Kräutler Architekten AG
Raphael Kräutler

Project participants
Client: RhB Rhätische Bahn AG
Construction engineer: Schärli und Oettli AG
Landscape architecture: ASP Landschaftsarchitekten AG

0207Hinterrhein­brücke Reichenau

The new Rhine bridge "Four Trees" is designed as a holistic intervention that elegantly integrates into the landscape and engages in a dialogue with the existing bridge. A slender roadway slab is supported by tree-shaped columns, creating permeability and harmony. The project respects the terraced morphology and the floodplains at the river confluence, enhancing ecological aspects. Concrete is chosen as a durable, low-maintenance material. The bearing concept envisions a semi-integral bridge that relieves stresses through a longitudinally movable abutment on the Bonaduz side, optimizing the structure.