Two new IJburg bridges Amsterdam, North-Holland Design, Dutch Architecture Images
Two new IJburg bridges
19 Mar 2021
Two new bridges in IJburg, Amsterdam
Design: Grimshaw, London, UK
Location: IJburg archipelago, IJmeer lake, Amsterdam, North-Holland, The Netherlands

Grimshaw has designed two new bridges for Amsterdam?s IJburg neighbourhood, continuing a family of bridges that began with the completion of the practice?s landmark Enneüs Heerma Bridge in 2001. The new bridges will link two new reclaimed residential islands in the manmade IJburg archipelago, sitting within the IJmeer lake.

Spanning 60m and 90m, the bridges? continuous undulating steel trusses build on the theme of stones skipping over the water. Voids between the central decks for the public tram and the combined vehicle, pedestrian and cycle routes on either side allow views of the water and let light through to the area below the bridge decks.
The bridge abutments feature substantial wing walls that incorporate ecological features such as nesting places for sand martins and bats. These

counteract the potential reduction of nesting opportunities for these species often caused by large new infrastructure and man-made quaysides.
Enneus Heerma Bridge design by Grimshaw in Amsterdam, completed in 2001:

Passageways at the base of the abutments also allow small mammals to cross the road safely below deck. The project team worked closely with ecologists from both the City of Amsterdam and national expert org...