Fort De Roovere Bridge, West Brabant Water Line, Netherlands

The bridge might be slightly bigger or slightly smaller. It might be spanning a river, a bay or a canyon. It might be made of wood, stone, metal, plastic or any other material. It might be new or ancient. But it will look like a pathway that goes over (i.e. elevated) some area. The reason most people will imagine a bridge in this form is because that’s what we are used to seeing. However, thinking beyond the established is one of the hallmarks of a creative person.
During the reconstruction of Fort De Roover in Netherlands, the architects from Ro&Ad Architecten were faced with a unique problem. The original fort was surrounded by a moat, but in order for tourists to visit the fort, they needed a way of crossing the moat. A logical solution would be to build a bridge over the moat. Fortunately for all of us, the usual elevated bridge would negatively affect the original fort’s design so the architect’s had to think of something totally new.