Symbio Bridge
On 17 November 2016 the Province of Zuid-Holland, the Midden-Delfland recreational amenities board and the City of Delft officially opened a new cycle route and a remarkable new bridge: the Symbiobrug. The bridge, designed by Rafail Gkaidatzis, was the winning entry in a design competition for TU Delft architecture students in 2014. The name Symbiobrug is a reflection of the interaction between nature and technology. Besides designing the bridge, Gkaidatzis was also given the commission to build it.
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The new cycle route was created between the Technopolis Science Park (Thijssenweg) and the Ackerdijkse Bos recreational area in the countryside of Midden-Delfland. The bridge crosses the 35-metre wide Karitaatmolensloot canal on the southern fringe of Delft. The cycle route project linking Ackerdijkse Bos and TU Delft including the bridge was funded by the Province of Zuid-Holland, the City of Delft and the Midden-Delfland recreational amenities board, while the entire project took almost eight months to complete.
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The striking colour and shape of the Symbiobrug make it a distinctive feature in the rural landscape. In Greek συν means ‘together' and βιωσις ‘living', reflecting the interaction between nature and technology, two elements that enter into a symbiotic co-existence in the Symbiobrug bridge.
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