Mash-Up Article

Mash-Up articles selected from three different articles about the varied designs of building bridges:

Four ovular-shaped ‘pods’ cantilever out from the structure enabling people to gain wider appreciation of the bridge form and providing gathering space for viewing bay events… The double helix structure was conceived as both a highly efficient and exciting form that integrated with the curvilinear plan. It forms a dynamic spatial experience as well as, unlike other bridge structures, enables the canopy to be integrated into the segments between the helix tubes and their interconnecting ties… The Helix Bridge forms an essential public link across the Singapore River mouth between the city’s existing CBD and its newly developing Bayfront District… Its curved arc in plan enables people to descend continuously into the bay front promenades on each side, linking these points with existing major cultural facilities…Singapore sees the design as emulating DNA and conveying a spirit of revitalisation.

Creating a gateway entry… an undulating ribbon of structure that wraps around the 6 lane road deck in a continuous sculptural loop form… The primary triangulated gate is 100m in height and by diagonally crossing the deck of the bridge celebrating not only the crossing of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, but also the meeting point of the canal with the Pearl River Delta… Thereby keeping a rational structure while making a strong formal statement, in that the bridge when reflected off the water created a double 8 figure, a sign of prosperity in Chinese culture.

The objective is to provide the city for a symbolic structure, reasonable, inexpensive, and avant-garde at the same time… Given the scale of the structure, we propose the combination of arches as the most suitable solution… The “balanced asymmetry” of the project resembles the profile of a chain of DNA, as metaphor of the vitality of the new city.



http://www.archdaily.com/185400/helix-bridge-cox-architecture-with-architects-61/

http://www.archdaily.com/236956/infinity-loop-bridge-10-design-buro-happold/

http://www.archdaily.com/51596/in-progress-xidayinggang-twin-bridge-ca-design/