Sixth Street Viaduct’s graceful shapes dance to Los Angeles’ tunes

Sixth Street Viaduct by Michael Maltzan Architecture is completed in Los Angeles, a modern, flowing and ambitious piece of infrastructure architectureAll imagery courtesy Michael Maltzan Architecture

In the global architectural stage, grand cultural projects and expansive, idyllic villas often steal the spotlight, making other typologies – such as infrastructure – the unsung heroes of our urban realms.

A five-year construction period allowed for the architects to work seamlessly with engineers of record HNTB to craft a bridge that is both elegant and hard-wearing, modern and flowing, a fit exemplar of what an architectural bridge should be – a fine blend of form and function. ‘The new viaduct is a tied-arch bridge, defined by ten pairs of arches that rise and fall along the edges of the entire structure as it extends 3,500ft from east to west. Paying homage to the design of the earlier bridge, the new viaduct places the tallest pairs of its sculptural arches over the LA River, where the original arches stood, and positions another taller pair as a gateway on the east,’ explain the architecture team.

The series of arches cant outwards, creating a sense of movement and dynamism in the whole, while opening up towards the sky. Resembling a graceful, dancing ribbon, softly moving in the wind, the bridge’s lines feel light and flowing. Meanwhile, underneath, a new 12-acre public park designed by Hargreaves Jones Associates offers calm and green respite for the area, balancing the activity above.

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