OMA has won an international competition to design Pont Jean-Jacques Bosc, a bridge across the river Garonne in Bordeaux, France, that will link the municipalities of Bègles and Floriac. The 44m by 545m bridge, which will act as "a generous new public space" and "an urban planning intervention" for the city, giving priority to pedestrian traffic, is the first to be realized by OMA. It is scheduled for completion in 2018.
According to Clément Blanchet, director of OMA France, the bridge "is not the ‘event’ in the city, but a platform that can accommodate events of the city [...it] may be the least technical, least lyrical, but [it is] the most concise and effective structural solution.”
The architect's description of the project, after the break...
Jean-Jacques Bosc 大桥坐落于波尔多Euratlantique总体规划的中心位置，建成后将成为Bègles和Floriac两区之间的重要联系。大桥不只是纯粹把两岸连接起来，更为波尔多市带来全新而宽敞的公共空间。
波尔多城市社区组织主席Vincent Feltesse表示：“这是一个相当出色的建筑项目，它并非只是一座桥，而是Euratlantique总体规划之中核心地带的重要城市功能。”
高44米、长545米的大桥不但跨越河面，还一直延伸至岸上陆地。大桥坡度缓和，是理想的散步大道，桥底亦预留了足够空间给船只航行。宽阔的桥梁足以容纳小型车辆、公交、自行车和步行等各种交通模式，不过行人空间依然占主导地位。
OMA法国分支事务所总监Clément Blanchet表示：“创造大桥其实并非城市里的触目盛事，反而是大桥本身将为城市里各种盛事提供平台，这才是本项目的意念。我们希望以最简单的手法，带来一个技术上最简单、最直截了当、最平实但却最有效的结构方案。”
本项目其他协作单位还包括工程顾问WSP、景观设计顾问Michel Desvigne、项目顾问EGIS以及灯光设计顾问Lumières Studio。
