Architecture is not only experienced in connection with buildings, but also with landscapes. The placing of roads in the landscape and in connection with towns is also experienced as architecture.
All the same, bridges are designed by engineers in cooperation with architects; they are regarded as architectural structures and are visible proof of the good results which can be created by the two groups put together. In order to be able to create good road architecture both in the open country and in towns, a good cooperation between architects and engineers must be established.
Focus must be placed on the entity and the precise detail. Experience from the projects completed in recent years has shown that when this cooperation works well, it results in durable, beautiful and economically good solutions.
Architecture in connection with road construction must be planned and incorporated right from the start and there should therefore be an overriding architectural idea right from the outset of the project. It is of course presupposed that all technical conditions and demands are included in each project. The cooperation between the architects and engineers is very important for the final results, since the architectural quality in road projects is created by an interaction between functionality, technology and creativity.
Our services range from Intersections Traffic Management Study to Geometric Design, as well as Traffic Operations and simulations using latest techniques. Traffic studies are based on sound quality data collection and appropriate analysis, considering local conditions of the study area to satisfy the client’s needs.
Nevertheless, the department conducts topographic survey prior to geometric horizontal and vertical profile design, to select the best convenient and economical route in addition to Geo-