The lighting renovation of the
pedestrian and cycle bridge Mount Carasso-Bellinzona enhances the surrounding landscape
with emotional colours. Featuring the highest percentage of four-
and two-wheeled motor vehicles in Switzerland, the Italian speaking Canton Ticino
area is facing increasing problems of intense circulation, traffic jams, besides
atmospheric and acoustic pollution. The public administration of Bellinzona has
been promoting new initiatives in order to solve these environmental issues by
encouraging slow mobility. Moving on foot or by bicycle has therefore become a
simple and unexpensive alternative, but above all a mindful ecological attitude
that is getting more and more popular in the Swiss town. Already enjoying some
good cycling infrastructures, Bellinzona keeps on endorsing improvement plans
of existing structures as well as the creation of new urban facilities.
Year
2022
Project
Mount Carasso-Bellinzona footbridge, Bellinzona
Location
Bellinzona, Switzerland
Lighting design
Pio Lancini - P&P Studio Elettrotecnico
Product supply
Dimensione Luce Bellinzona
Pictures
Pio Lancini - P&P Studio Elettrotecnico
Owing to the presence of the River
Ticino, cycle and pedestrian bridges have become a true landscape element in
Bellinzona and its surroundings. Within a few kilometers there are at least
five of them, all architecturally differently structured but with the same
traffic reducing functionality. Featuring metal and wooden planking,
the footbridge Mount Carasso-Bellinzonais formed by two circular sections supported, in the
floodplain, by concrete columns and, in the part that overlooks the Ticino
river bed, by an inclined arch with radial tie rods. Its walking surface is
made up of a wooden board, while the railing flanking the whole walkway is in
stainless steel. The complex geometry of the structure, with a total length of
200 m and a weight of 210 tons, makes the cycle and pedestrian bridge Mount
Carasso-Bellinzona an eye-catching architectural attraction in the midst of
nature.
More than 10 years after its
installation, the lighting system of the footbridge needed an upgrade through
the latest generation of LED sources in order to support its eco-friendly footprint. Located at the base of the tie rods of the large inclined arch, the stainless steel tubular structures that used to contain the
old lighting fixtures were kept in place to host the new lighting system. A dedicated custom version of our Micro-Clip MC met the project
prerequisites and was therefore included in the specification by the lighting
design studio in charge of the job. Specialized in the lighting of historic and
modern buildings’ façades, as well as in the lighting design of squares,
avenues and public areas, P&P Studio Elettrotecnico of Pio Lancini offers a
range of highly professional services. Installed in couples at the base of each
of the 17 rods of the bridge, 34 units of custom Micro-Clip MC with narrow optics
deliver a highly emotional impact through a rainbow of dynamic colours. Lively colour scenes run on the arch of the
bridge, pleasantly alternating with white light settings, to create an appealing visual impact at night. Products installed: 34x AL5240NARNW MICRO-CLIP MC RGB+W 4000K custom version 7x Custom LED driver
1x AL4386 SPLITTER DMX RDM IP65 4 CH
Credits: Lighting
design: Pio Lancini - P&P Studio
Elettrotecnico https://pstudiop.ch/it Pictures: Pio Lancini - P&P Studio Elettrotecnico Product supply: Dimensione Luce Bellinzona http://www.dimensioneluce.ch/
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