After the success with the public and specialists of his Pont Simone de Beauvoir - also in Paris - the architect continued the line of pedestrian overpasses with the construction of a light steel bridge between the western part of La Defense and the Granite skyscraper under construction to the east, which gave the new building its name.
The bridge, 88 meters long, curves around the towers of the Société Génerale complex, and serves more as a town planning hub and a promenade than as a bridge itself, Feichtinger believes.
The structure is supported by “vortex” supports spaced 10 m apart; they also rhythmize and accentuate his curvilinear movement.
For protection from the wind, a glass screen with a height of 1.8 m is installed on the outer side of the bridge arch.
