A complex bridge project is a labor of love for a newly graduated Polish engineer. The fields of architecture and structural engineering are notoriously difficult. To take it up as a profession means years of hard work and intensive study. The challenges are magnified exponentially for those truly dedicated individuals who go on to study for a master's degree, which means even deeper study and the additional demands of a master's thesis project.
Demonstrating the knowledge and skills a student has acquired throughout their studies, a master's thesis is the final hurdle to obtaining the coveted degree. For Mateusz Łapiński, who graduated in engineering from the Warsaw University of Technology, his master's thesis topic was a complex extradosed bridge. It was designed as a response to a real need in his home country of Poland.
A real 44 million euro bridge that began to be designed shortly after the completion of Łapiński's master's thesis uses a similar extruded design. Łapiński's project was the winner of the student category in Tekla's 2020 BIM Awards competition in Poland, and a finalist in the Tekla Global BIM Awards.
Tekla technology maximizes productivity
By fully embracing the latest technologies - including Tekla Structures - Łapiński has designed a complex structure that is not only strong and beautiful, but also buildable. For his project, Łapiński created a complete and buildable plan on his own, which contrasts with the actual project currently under construction that took an entire team. This dramatically demonstrates how powerful the right technology can be when it comes to making design work both better and more resource-efficient.
