15 projects from nine countries have been selected for the second Bicycle Architecture Biennale,

which launches on Monday in Amsterdam

Mon 17 Jun 2019

• Xiamen Bicycle Skyway

  This 8km-long bicycle skyway in Xiamen runs along and underneath the Chinese city’s existing overhead Bus Rapid Transit network

• Dissing+Weitling has created China’s first suspended cycle path and the world’s longest aerial cycle lane

• Cycling Through Water in Limburg, Belgium

  This project, by Visit Limburg and Lens°Ass Architects, leads cyclists through a path more than 200 metres long and three metres wide, with water at eye level on both sides

• The bike trail has seen an average of 700 visitors per day, and was included in Time magazine’s 2018 list of the world’s 100 greatest places

• Curtin Bike Hub in Perth, Australia
• This cycle hub at Curtin University by Coniglio Ainsworth Architects contains washing, changing and locker facilities, plus a two-tier bicycle stacking system for approximately 200 bikes
• The accessible roof deck creates space above the hub and can be used as an events space, or just to relax and connect

• Ölhafen Bridge in Raunheim, Germany

  This curved bridge by Schneider+Schumacher spans the 70-metre-wide entrance to the harbour of the city’s oil terminal

• The bridge had to be designed to prevent the public gaining access to the passing tankers

• Upside-Down Bridge in New York City

  The Queensway is one of New York’s abandoned railways and can be found – as the name suggests – in Queens

• The Upside-Down Bridge proposal, by Nooyoon, uses an overturned bridge to connect spaces on ground level with those above

• Utrecht central station bike parking, the Netherlands

  The Netherlands’ busiest public transportation hub has been redeveloped to include a new bike garage, by Ector Hoogstad Architects, next to the station. It is the biggest bike park in the world

• The three-level ‘bike-through’ garage has been designed with convenience, speed and safety in mind. Users can cycle all the way to available slots, which are signposted electronically. The facility also contains a repair shop and a rental service

• Batlle i Roig in Barcelona, Spain

  This junction of the B-20 ring road and the B-23 expressway has been a barrier for people walking and cycling for 60 years

• Now a new cycling and pedestrian path offers a more direct crossing, cutting almost 500 metres off the route

• Nelson Street Cycleway in Auckland, New Zealand

  A redundant piece of highway infrastructure was reinvented as a cycleway to complete Auckland’s inner-city cycle loop

• The 600m off-ramp by Monk Mackenzie, LandLab and GHD is painted bright pink to differentiate it from the surrounding active highway network. 300 LED light poles are arranged down one side of the cycleway, acting as an interactive light sculpture

• Cycling Through the Trees in Limburg, Belgium

  This double circle in steel by BuroLandschap is nearly 700 metres long and appears at junction 272 of the Limburg cycle route network

• Cyclists ride through the Pijnven forest at a height of up to 10 metres above the ground

• Nørreport station in Copenhagen, Denmark

  The busiest station in Denmark is composed of a series of rounded, floating roofs, mounted on striking glass pavilions

• A study of preferred routes formed the basis for the station’s new design, by Cobe, Gottlieb Paludan Architects and Sweco. It provides an open public space for the needs of cyclists and includes 2,500 bike parking spaces placed 40cm below the city’s street level

• Coffee & Bikes in Delft, the Netherlands

  This bike park by by BureauVanEig/Biq Architects is centrally situated at the campus of TU Delft and is combined with a bike workshop and cafe

• The main challenge was to transform the large bicycle storage required into an attractive spot to hang out. This was achieved by positioning the coffee bar/workshop into an elongated, transparent space by a green slope, with the bike parking deck above. This gives the building the appearance of a pavilion rather than a storage facility

• RheinRing in Cologne, Germany

  The RheinRing is located at the Rhine Carée, one of the most significant public urban spaces in Cologne, between two major bridges, the Hohenzollernbrücke and the Deutzer Brücke

• The bridge, designed by Spade, links the two sides of the inner city. It is accessible from the historic Altstadt city centre to the west and Rhine Boulevard to the east, and offers access to existing bridges on either side

• Radbahn Berlin, Germany

  The proposed path in this design by Paper Planes is partially surfaced with recycled plastic, has a smart signalling system that communicates with cyclists, and has green planting to reduce traffic noise

• It converts the neglected space along and under the elevated metro line U1 into a 9km separated, and predominantly covered, bike path

• Bike parking canopy in The Hague, the Netherlands

  Hague central station is currently undergoing a major transformation, with a grand new hall through which an elevated tram track passes

• This design by NL Architects includes elevated plates to organise bike parking into strips, and is raised to allow daylight in

• Melkwegbridge in Purmerend, the Netherlands

  The Melkwegbridge, by Next Architects, connects the old and the new centres of the town, while separating routes for pedestrians and cyclists

• Pedestrians keep the direct line, with their path arching over the water at 12 metres high and giving a view over the city. The 100-metre-long cycle deck under the arch removes the slope to make it accessible for bikes and wheelchairs

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