Bundek Bridge

Bundek Bridge is the new landmark that connects north and south of Zagreb, simultaneously incorporating the Sava River.  
The bridge is 664 meters long and 35 meters wide. The main goal was to design a bridge that, in the broader urban architectural context of the river Sava, would create a new gateway into the city that would be easily recognizable but at the same time have an unobtrusive identity. One of the main elements of this identity is the design of tram tracks that, unlike other bridges, run through the bridge's insides and not on its surface. The design of the bridge aims to reflect the time and place of its creation. The reason for choosing beams as the main construction and design element is primarily to honor the tradition of Zagreb's bridges in the central zone of Sava River. The bent cross-section of the bridge gives it lightness and dynamism, and the play of light and shadow in its cross-section make it more elegant. 
 

There are two faces of this bridge: in sunlight when the outer part of the truss is illuminated and the pedestrian zone is shadowed, and the night aspect of the arch when the bridge is lighted from within and the dynamic line of "holes" is fully accentuated. The lighting in general is designed in such a way that it visually accentuates the bridge's dynamic. Special attention is given to pedestrians and bicyclists whose communication is thus enabled on two levels, on the upper plateau and on the sides, which are protected from atmospheric elements. The pedestrian way joins Bundek with the southern and northern levee.