Dear Gregor, we have given the city ve bridge projects in eleven years. And we invested a good chunk of our lives into them. We were and still are convinced that only one big solution can free the Danube Canal and Schwedenplatz from a situation unworthy of this wonderful city. I thank you for your devoted work, for the countless wonderful ideas you have come up with. I thank you especially for allowing me to convince you to tackle TRIALTO LIGHT following the surprising and let us say, unconventional end to our Trialto project. Thank you for this piece, celebrated by the appointed commission of the city of Vienna; it was an impressive design, a genuine hit. This project failed to materialize because of funding, the usual reason for failure in Vienna.

I THANK you for this collaboration, grueling and exciting, but always in the spirit of friendship.
PS: The next bridge is sure to come.

A GAIN FOR VIENNA

The Trialto Bridges connect two districts that have been separated since Roman times and in doing so serve symbolically as bridges of reconciliation. They connect and knot Vienna’s first district, Innere Stadt, to Vienna’s second district, Leopoldstadt, thereby creating, as the city desired, a main axis consisting of Rotenturmstrasse and Praterstrasse.

With the Trialto Bridges, Vienna experiences growth in the city center for the first time, by an additional 14,000 square meters.
With the Trialto Bridges the city expands at a key tra c junction (U1, U4, U2, tram, busses), which is the only junction with a ship connection and a parking lot for tourist buses.
With the Trialto Bridges, the river bank on the Leopoldstadt side and the adjoining neighborhoods between Hollandstrasse and Praterstrasse become the Rive Gauche of Vienna, thereby instantly increasing the value of all existing real estate.
With the Trialto Bridges, the city grows over the river – in a roofed-over space. ‘This bridge network is based on the living bridges of antiquity and in this form, is unique in the world.

The Trialto Bridges become a super symbol for the revitalization of the DANUBE CANAL and thus a new landmark for Vienna. They set the standard of quality for all further projects on the Danube Canal.
The Trialto Bridges have been the biggest project in the center of Vienna for many decades, with a budget of EUR 85 million for the erection plus an additional EUR 10 million for the completion, making the project an enormously important economic factor.
The Trialto Bridges trigger the renovation of Schwedenplatz and Morzinplatz.
The Trialto Bridges open up the banks of the Danube Canal as a recreational area for everyone.

With their foundations, the Trialto Bridges save the city of Vienna and the federal government 530 meters of river bank rehabilitation and thus EUR 1.5 million.

The Trialto Bridges are loved by all the media and by 80% of all Viennese.

An investor was found who understood the idea, the excellent architectural design and the uniqueness of the project as a prerequisite for success and a guarantee of sustainability.

A GAIN FOR THE VIENNESE

The Trialto Bridges create more than 3000 square meters of new roofed public walkways and a further 900 square meters of public walkways between Vienna’s first district, Innere Stadt, and Vienna’s second district, Leopoldstadt. With the Trialto Bridges, more than 2000 square meters of existing sidewalks would be roofed over. That creates pleasant conditions for crossing the canal and a new strolling area over the water for Vienna.
The Trialto Bridges make available 400 square meters of sundeck with deck chairs.
With its elevators, the project makes the canal banks for the first time easily accessible for people with disabilities, older people and young children.
The two additional at ramps make the canal bank in the second district (sunny side) easily accessible to everyone on foot, by bicycle or baby stroller.

The Trialto Bridges project includes the construction of changing booths with lockers and showers along the river bank.
The Trialto Bridges span more than 100 meters of the 10 kilometer long river bank. With 60% of the space roofed over, the project allows a well-equipped and well-lit event dome to be built as a venue for cultural events, evening advent markets, waltzing etc.

The dark and gloomy canal is lit up above and below the water level in the area around Trialto, bringing it to life even at night.

These infrastructure measures are a EUR 17 million gift to the Viennese.