Women’s Bridge is a 170-metre pedestrian swing bridge designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the only one of his works in Latin America and is located in the Dock 3 in Puerto Madero, Pierina and Manuela Gorriti Dealessi.
The architect has described the design as a synthesis of the image of a couple dancing the tango.
A number of streets in the Puerto Madero district have women’s names, for this reason the bridge got its name.
If you want to participate with a story or a short reflection tagged with “W”, visit Flickr Comments: http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/tagged-w/
Exploring the world 
Interesting information on this bridge and perfect entry for the challenge. I don’t see the tango dancers but the artist has the final word. I love the fact that woman have been represented.
Isadora http://insidethemindofisadora.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/wilted flowers/
LikeLike
Thank you Isadora! I must confess I neither see the tango dancers but what really pleases me is that the bridge is a monument to the woman. Maybe he talks of tango due to the bridge movility: it’s a swing bridge.
Kind greetings,
Marianne
LikeLike
This bridge is wonderful. Thanks also for visiting my blog.
LikeLike
Thank you Tish. It was very interesting to learn about the Wolf Farts.
Kind greetings,
marianne
LikeLike
In many ways it reminds me a bit of the new bridge in Dublin. Lovely post!
Greetings from the Rhine Valley
Dina
LikeLike
Thank you Dina! I don’t know that bridge because I have never been in Dublin, but I will check out on internet.
Kind greetings,
Marianne
LikeLike
The Samuel Beckett Bridge? You are right, it is also a rotable bridge, and I’m reading that it was also designed by the same architect: Santiago Calatrava. About this other bridge, the shape of the spar and its cables is said to evoke an image of a harp lying on its edge… interesting.
LikeLike
Yes, very interesting, indeed! Thanks for filling me in!
Love and a big hug from Bonn
Dina
LikeLike
“The architect has described the design as a synthesis of the image of a couple dancing the tango…” – well Calatrava for sure knows how to sell his ideas!
greetings by
my Calatrava page …
LikeLike
Yes, he knows hahaha, I thought that when I saw the Samuel Beckett Bridge that Dina mentioned here, which Calatrava descibed as an evoking image of a harp. I will check your Calatrava page right now.
LikeLike
Great photos! I really like Calatrava’s work. By the way, there are two links in your Calatrava page that doesn’t connect with the images.
Kind greetings!
LikeLike
because my daughter is an architect, I know that it is a part of the show to find poetic words for a project too, to sell it well. But also important: at first you have to hide how expensive the project will be at the very end …
LikeLike
Pingback: tagged W: whiskers on kittens are one of my favorite things | my sweetpainteddreams
I don’t see the Tango dancing couple either. Calatrava is everywhere.
LikeLike
Pingback: Argentina Street life: Puerto Madero | Exploring the world
Pingback: A words: ARGENTINA | Exploring the world