La Salve Bridge

El Puente de la Salve, una vía de entrada a Bilbao, sobre el Nervión. Transformado por el artista francés Daniel Burén para integrarlo visualmente en el Guggenheim. El puente de La Salve, con sus cuatro carriles y su estructura de acero y hormigón, estuvo presente en el diseño arquitectónico del Guggenheim desde el primer momento. La integración de la vía en el edificio fue un reto que el arquitecto Frank O. Gehry solucionó dejando que una inmensa nave -3.000 metros cuadrados de superficie- se deslizara por debajo del puente. En su extremo, dos torres huecas rematan el edificio, sin otra misión que facilitar la convivencia del puente y el museo. Buren cubrió el arco del puente con una estructura de color rojo vivo, que fue elegido para contrastar con el verde de la estructura del puente, aportando lo que el artista llama una "conexión cromática" con el titanio.

The Salve Bridge, one goes to Bilbao input on the Nervin. Transformed by the French artist Daniel Burn to visually integrate the Guggenheim. La Salve bridge, with four lanes and structure of steel and concrete, was present at the architectural design of the Guggenheim from the outset. The integration of the building going on was a challenge that the architect Frank O. Gehry solution leaving a huge ship -3000 square meters of surface-slip under the bridge. At its end, two hollow towers topped the building with no other mission than to facilitate the coexistence of the bridge and museum. Buren covered the arch bridge with a bright red structure, which was chosen to contrast with the green of the bridge structure, providing what the artist calls a "chromatic connection" with the titanium.

Questo è il ponte sul fiume Nervion che si trova proprio a fianco del Museo Guggenheim, costruito nel 1972 da Juan Batanero; ciò che lo rende particolarmente interessante è il grande Arco Rosso (Arco Rojo) inserito nella sua struttura, opera vincitrice del concorso indetto in occasione del decimo anniversario del Museo. In questo modo il legame tra ponte e museo è ancor più evidente: quando si giunge in città l'impressione che si ha infatti è proprio quella: la struttura verde del ponte, l'arco rosso e il Museo sembrano far parte architettonicamente della stessa opera.

This is the bridge on the river Nervion which is located right by side of the Guggenheim Museum, built in 1972 by Juan Batanero; what makes it particularly interesting is the great Arco Rosso (Arco Rojo) inserted in its structure, winning work of the competition held in occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Museum. In this way the link between bridge and museum is even more evident: when you arrives in town the impression that you has in fact is precisely that: the structure green of the bridge, the arch red and the Museum seem to be part architecturally of the same work .