The new Bellariva Bridge in Florence is not merely an infrastructure project but is conceived as a public space that continues and intensifies the existing urban networks, integrating harmoniously into the city’s urban fabric and historic landscape. It is not just a technical and traffic-related structure, but a fragment of the landscape that dialogues with the other Florentine bridges, forming a historical section of architectural development that connects past and present.

The structure of the bridge, composed of two spans of approximately 100 meters with a central concrete pier in the riverbed, is based on a balance of geometric, structural, and regulatory constraints. The duality of materials – concrete on the outer parts and metal in the internal shell –expresses a principle of constructive honesty and expressive reduction, enhancing the lightness and transparency of the structure while respecting the delicate landscape relationships of the city and its hillside system.

The project draws inspiration from the tradition of Florentine bridges, such as Morandi’s Amerigo Vespucci Bridge, reinterpreting in a contemporary way the relationship between ribbing and sculpted mass, between edges and carved volumes—features that have always defined the architecture of this city, as exemplified by the ribs and sails of Brunelleschi’s dome. This compositional dialogue evokes the historical transition from Romanesque to Gothic to Renaissance, and reflects the conceptual and spiritual essence of Florentine architecture, giving the bridge an expressive dignity that integrates into the city’s urban and cultural landscape.