Bridge Design: Then and Now

For more than 150 years, ETH engineers have been shaping modern bridge design in Switzerland as well as abroad. Explora spoke with D-BAUG experts Walter Kaufmann and Eleni Chatzi about the development of the discipline. Learn more about the history of bridge design and how it has been shaped by technology, engineering, innovation and aesthetics. Professor Kaufmann and Professor Chazi also adress the question of bridge maintenance and monitoring for which they use modern methods.