PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY

URDANETA CITY CAMPUS

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND
ARCHITECTURE
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
2ND SEM. A.Y.2022-2023

ELEC 3
BRIDGE ENGINEERINNG

PROBLEM SET NO. 2

AESTHETICS IN BRIDGE DESIGN

RABARA, RAYMOND G. BSCE-4BB

ENGR. JOSHUA C. JUNIO

ISTTHE FOURGENERAL STAGES OF BRIDGE DESISN.
PRELUMINARY DESIGN:
INTHS STAGE,ENGINEERS EVALLATETHE FEASIBIUNOFFA
BRIDGE PROJETT BASED ON PREUMINARY STUDIES, SuCH AS
TOPOCRAPHICALL AND GEOTECHNCAL SURVEXS TRAFFIC ANALYSES
AND COST BSTIMATES.THEY ALSO ESTABLSH DESIGN CRITERIA
AND MAKE KEY DECISIONS THAT wILL CuDE THE BRIDGEK DE
SIGN.
DETAILEDDESGN
DURINC THS STAGE,ENGINEERS USE THE INFORMATION
GATHERED INTHE PREUMINAR DESICN STACE TO DEVELOP
DETAILEDPLANS AND SPECIICATIONSFOR THE BRIDGE!S
COMRONENTS, SCH AS TS FOUNDATIONS,ABuTMENTS, PIERS
CIRDERS, AND DECKS THEY ALSO cONDUCT MORE DETAILEDD
ANALYSES OF THE BRIDCES STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE,
SucH AS LOAD RATINGS AND DYNAMIC ANALYSES.

cONSTRUCTION
IN THIS STACE, CONTRACTORS OUT THE CONSIRICTION
CARRY
OF THE BRIDGE ACCORDING THE DESIGNTÓPLANS AND
SPECIHCATIONS.THIS INVOLVESA YARIETY OF TASKS,uat AS
GITE PREPARATION,FOUNPATION CONSTRUCTION,ERECTION OF
STRUCTURAL ELEMËNTS, AND INSTALLAnON OF ROAPWAY oM
PONENTS
MAINTENANCE
AFTER THE COMPLETED AND OPENED TD TRAFHC,
BRIDE IS

THE MAINTENANCE STACE THIS STAGE INVOLVES RE

ITENTERS
GULAR INSPECION, MAINTENANCE. AND REPAIROFTHE BRIpE
TO ENSURE THAT T CONTTNUES TO FUNCTION SAFEY ANDEFACI
ENTLY OVER SERYCE UFE. MAINTENANCE ACN-
ITS EXPECTED
VITIES MAY CLEANING.PÅINTING, REPAIRINC QORRO-
INCUDEREPLACING
SON DAMAGE, AND WORN OR DAMAGED QOMRO
NENTS.

DESCRIEE HOW THE DESIENOF A BRIDGE BESINSINTHE MIND

THE DESGN OF A BRIDSEBEGINS IN THE MIND WITH AN
EA OR A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO E SOLYED.THE DESIGNER
ENVISIONSTHE BRIDGE'S PURRISE ,LOCATION. SPAN, MATERALS.
AND OVERAL AESTHENCS. THEY THEN CONSDER FACTORS SUCH
As THE ENVIRONMENT WEATHER, TRAFAC .AND THE sURROUN
DING LANDSCAPE THE DESICNER SKETCHES AND
oUT IDEASAND
REPNES THEM OYER TIME,BALANONG FORM FuNcION
UNTIL A VIABLE DESIGN EMERGES. THE DESIGN S THEN
TRANSLATED INTO DETAILED AANS, SPECIFICATONS,ANP CAL-
CuLATIONS BEFORE CONSTRUCION CAN BECN.

DSCss THE NECESSTY oF HAMNG THE tTHREE "MENTALITIES

PRESENT IN THE BRIDGE DESCN TEAM. JMAGINE YOU AREA
MEMBER OF THE DESICN TEAM AND NICATE WHAT ABILITES
YOu THINK OTHER PEOAE ON THE TEAM NEEDTd HAVE.
THE THREE 'MENTALTIES"N THE BRIDGE DESIGN RERER
TO THE CONCEPTUAL ,ANALYTICAL,AND PRACTCAL MENTALTES
THE CONCEPTUAL MENTAUTY S RESFONSIBLE FOR CENERA-
TNG CREATIVE AND INNOVATVE IDEAS ,WHILETHE ANALYICAL
MENTAUT EVALUATES AND OPTIMIZES THESE IDEAS USINE MA-
THEMATICAL AND sCIENIC PRINCIPLES. THE PRACTICALME
NTALITY NSURS THE PESICNCAN BE CONSTRUCIED AND MAINN-
TAINED WITH THE AVAILAELE RESOURCES ANP MATERIALS.
ASA MEMBER OF THE DESGN TEAM, t
1S IMPORJANT TO HAE
ASTRONG IDEAS.
ANÁLYTICALMENTALITY TO EVALUATE AND OPTMIZE
DESIGN ADITONALLY,OTHERTEAM MEMPERS SHouLD
RbSSECS SKILS IN STRUCTURAL ENGNEERING, MATERIALS
SCIENCE,AND CONSTRICTION MANACEMENT TO ENSURE THAT
THE DESICN F PRACTICALAND
FEASIBLE TO BUILP.CREA:
TIVE PROPLEM- SOLMNG AND COMMUNICATION
SKILS ARE
ALSO ESSTNTIALFOR EFFECTIYECOLABORATION AND DECI
SICN-MAKING wITHINTHE TEAM.
EXPLAINWHAT ISMEANT BY THE FOLOWINC:*wHETHER INTEN-
TONALO NOT, EVERY BRIDGE STRUCTuRE MAKES AN AES-
THETIC STATEMENT
ITMEANS THAT £YERY PRDGE,WHETHERT WAS PPSCNEP
OPE VISUALYPIEASINGOR NOT, WILL STL HAYE AN IMPACT
ON THE WAY ITLEOKS AND
HOW PEGFIE PERCEIVE T-EVENIF
THE BRIPGE's DESIGN WAS PURELY FUNCTIONAL ,T wILL
STIL HAYE AN AESTHETIC EFFECT ON THE SURROUNDINS
FNVIRONMENT AND WIu BE JuDGEP PASED ON S
APFEARANCE THEREFORE
THE VISUÁL IMPACT DESICNERSMusT CONSICER
OF THEIR BRICGE PESICN TO ENSURE
THAT IT MEETS EBTH FUNCTIONL AND AESIHENC REGURE-
MENTSS.
THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDSEINSAN FRANCISO,
NIA IS NOT ONLY A STRUCIURAL MASIERPIECE,BUT CALUFOR-
ALSO
AN ICONIC LANDMARK KNwN FOR HS DISTTNCTIVE
BRICHT ORANCE COLOR. THE BRDCES COLOR WAS ORIGI
NALY INTENDED TO BE BLACK AND YELOW , BUT CON
SuLTING THE ARCHITECT,CONVINCED THE PROJECT TEAM
TO CHOOSE WARM CORANGE HUE
iSION WAS NOT ONLY BASEDON
WESEE TODAY. THIS DE
TONS SuCH AS YISISUTY IN FOG:BTPRACTICAL CONSDERA-
ALSC ON AESTHETdS
CONSIPERATONS AND VSUAL IMPACT.
PROVIDE 5
ERIDGESTRUCTURES CWITH PICURES AND
DISCuSSTHE AESTHETIC QUALUTES THOSE BRIDGES HAVE

GOLDEN GATE RIDGE

THE GOLDEN CATE BRIDGE
IS AN ICONIC SUISPENSIN

QUALITY
.
BRIDGE IN SAN FRANCIscO
CALIFORNIA TS AESTHEN1C
INCLUOE ITSDISTINCT
ORANGE COLOR, ITS SWEEPING
UNES, AND ITSABILITY TO
BLEND IN wITH 7THE NATURAL
ENYIRONMENT.

AnAaaaaáiaalao

PONT DU GARD
THE PONT DU GARD IS
A ROMAN AGUEDUCT BRDCE IN FRANCE.
TS AESTHETICGUALTY INCLUuDES ITS PERFECTSYMMETRICAL
ARCHESAND THE WAYASITIF
BLENDS IN wITH ITSSURROUNpINGS,
APPEARINC ALMOST ITS A NATURAL PARTOF THE LANDD
SCAPE

BROOKLDN BRIDGE
THE BROOKYN BRIDGE S A
SuSPENSION BRIDCE IN NYC.
ITS AESTHETIC QUAUtiES INC
LUDE S DISTINCTIVEGOTHIC
ARCHES, STEE CABLES AND
ITSABILITYTO SERVE AS A FO-
WERFUL S>MBOL OF AMERICAN
INGENulty ÅND INNOVATION.

TOWER BRIDGE

THE TOWER BRIDCE ISA

AND SSPENSON BRIGE BASCULE
IN
DON. ITS AESTHEIC UAUTIESLON- IN
CLuDE S STRIKONG VCTORIAN
COTHC STYLE, TS DUAL BASCULE
TOWERS AND Ms IMPRESSIVE SIZE
AND SCALE
 MILLAU VIADUCT
THE MIAU VIADuCT IS A CABLE-STAYEDBRIDGE IN
SOUTHERN FRANCE. ITS AESTHENC QUALTIES INdUDE IIS
MPRESSIVE HEIGHT I1SSLEEK AND MODERN ÞESIGN,AND
SASLUTY TO BLEND IN WITH THE NATURL LANDSCA PE,
APPEARINC ALMCST AS IF ITS FLOATINC IN THE AIR.
REFLECTnVEJOURNAL
TOPAY1LEARNED ABOuT THE IMPORTANCE OF AESTHETICS
INBRIDGE DESIGN AND How IT CAN IMPACT THE OYERAL
PERCEPTION OF ABRIDGE STRUCTURE IT wAS INTERESTINS
TO DISaOVERHOW INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTONAL PESIGN
CHOICES CAN COMMUNICATE DIFF. MESSACES APOUT A
RIDGE RANGING FROM HS FUNGNONA UTY TO TS CULTURAL
AND HISTORICAL.SIGNIFICANCE

ASREFLECT I
ON THS TOPIC, AM REMINDED OF THE
SOLDEN CATE BRIDGE IN 9AN FRANCISOO.CAYFORN A IHD
ICONICBRIDGENOT ONLY SERVES AS A VITAL RANSFO-
UNK BET SAN FRANGISCO AND MARIN COUNTy BT ITAL-
SO SERVES AS A SYMBOL OF THE CY
AND THE US.
ITSUNIGUE QRANGE COLOR AND ART DECO DESIGNHAVE
ALL OVERITACuLTURAL
MADE THE ICON ATRACTNG TOURISTSROM
WORLD.
THIS REALIZATIONHAS MADE ME APPRECIATETHE IMPOR-
TANCE AESTHETIGS IN PRIDGE DESIGN IT IS NOTONL
OF
AROUT THE FUNCTONAUTY OF THE STRUCTURE BUT ALSO
THE CULTURAL HISTORICALAND EMOTIONAL IMPACTITCAN
HAVE ON PEOPLE: A WEL DESIGNED BRDGE NOTGNL
SERVE TS PRACTICAL PURPOSE BUT ALSO ENHANCES
THE BEAUTY OF THE SURROUNDING LANDCAPE AND CAN
BECOME A FOINT OF PRIDE FOR THE COMMUNIT)

IN
BE
CONCUASION,
AN ESSENTAL
|BEUEE
THAT, AESTHETIcs
StOULD
CONSIDERATION IN BRIPCEPEICN.
ItNoT ONLY EN HANCES THE FUNCTIONALITYOF THE STRIC
TURE But ALSO COMMUNICATES A MESSAGE ABOUT THE
uLTURE AND VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES

RAYONP. RABARA