Bridges and special structures.
Guilherme Claro de Araújo, civil engineer in Lisbon. I love structures, and bridges most of all.
Arch bridge with a prestressed concrete deck, Funchal, Madeira. A frame from the interactive model, built from the thesis drawings.
One arch, 162 metres of valley.
204m
Total length of the deck
162m
Span of the fixed arch
30.25m
Rise of the arch
7
Piers carrying the deck
Work
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Arch bridge with a prestressed concrete deck
A 204 m deck arch bridge across a deep valley in Madeira: a fixed concrete arch carrying a prestressed deck. Designed, never built.
View the projectWalk through the bridge.
Every element is read from the design drawings. Open it, rotate it, step through construction.
Drag to turn it. Scroll to zoom. Use the tabs to switch between construction and the final structure.
Full screenAbout
I am happiest with a structure in front of me, and happiest of all when it is a bridge.
A bridge is structural engineering at its most visible: every span is a decision about force, material and the way the thing will be built. That is what drew me to it.
I am equally convinced that artificial intelligence can change how civil engineering is done. I build personal projects and tools that help my day-to-day work, and that I hope will help push the field forward. The 3D model on this page is one of them.
I work in Lisbon.
Training
Master of Science in Civil Engineering
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. Thesis, March 2026: Design of an Arch Bridge with a Prestressed Concrete Deck.
Skills
- Bridge design and structural analysis
- Reinforced and prestressed concrete
- Arch bridges
- Construction methods and staging
- Seismic and dynamic analysis
- Eurocodes and fib Model Codes
- 3D models built from design drawings
- AI-assisted engineering tools