L&A Design Group has developed an exciting contemporary bridge design as an architectural highlight of Wuxi Xidong Park, located in Jiangsu province, China. The bridge is planned to be the main connection between the north and south foreshores of the parks lake and allows visitors access to a small island destination that commands views over the water as well as café facilities and pocket gardens. More images and architects’ description after the break.
The important position, jutting out over the central water body, encouraged a dynamic design response. The design team has envisioned a signature iconic structure that is attractive, has a flowing modern form expressing the importance of Wuxi’s relationship with water and is functional in its connections to the island, foreshores and allowing boats to pass underneath its elevation.
Designed as a whole volume, the bridge presents unique curves and a platform that widens as the bridge crosses the island. The platform creates a focus for the bridge maximizing views out across the lake under a shaded canopy, integrates ramp access to the island and forms an intimate space for the cafe underneath.
To reduce the long linear scale of the bridge an “S” shape plan was created to provide closer vistas for people accessing the park from both sides of the lake. It is a bridge with a ‘twist’. As the bridge reaches its island destination the shape stimulates a dramatic interaction between architecture, landscape and water. Construction will utilize lightweight steel structures, light colored outer panel skins for a sleek look that can be elegantly lit up at night and polished timber detailing to tactile surfaces such as seating and railing.
Architects: L&A Design Group
Location: Wuxi, China
Project Team: Sean Shi, Kevin Wang, Liang Meng, Ning Ye
Client: Wuxi High-speed Railway Commercial Zone Committee
Project Year: 2011
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- Courtesy of L&A Design Group
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- Courtesy of L&A Design Group
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- Courtesy of L&A Design Group
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- Courtesy of L&A Design Group
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- site plan
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- elevation 01
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- analysis
Vulgar. A total waste of the worlds resources.
WOOOOOOOOOW !!!!!!!!!! (Ironic)
its important that everyone knows that i don’t like this.
Its important that you know that everybody in the world doesn’t care
exactly…
How they ever gonna build that in China…?Are the architects totally oblivious to the standard of construction in China?
far more ambitious stuff has been built in china before.
But did you see the level of finishing and the materials that they put up? It looks good in renderings and retouched photographs, but get a little closer and you’ll see what I mean…
wanna-be zaha hadid… unsuccessfully..
不错，很漂亮！good!
桥梁中的精品！尽快建起来，中国的骄傲！哈哈！
We dont live in a post appocalyptic world, so why do the renders always suggest so.
you obviously haven’t been to China
very exiting … this is look like to Hadids design
جالبه!
باور نکردنیه!
Does anyone know the building material they used in this project?