San Shan bridge in Beijing, China by Penda AFP Relaxnews The San Shan Bridge will be part of Beijing's infrastructure come 2022...
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| San Shan bridge in Beijing, China by Penda |
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The San Shan Bridge will be part of Beijing's infrastructure come 2022, when the city is hosting the Winter Olympic Games. The recently released plans by Penda and ARUP show an interlocked double-helix design.
A Gateway to the North
Connecting the city of Beijing to the river valleys and mountainous region of Zhangjiakou over the river Gui, the San Shan (translated as "Three Mountains") bridge will provide more efficient transport from the city to where many of the Winter Olympics events will be taking place.
Inspired by the Olympic Rings
While from the side the bridge evokes its "Three Mountains" name, from other angles a different reference is clear. Representing the union of five continents, the five interlaced rings of equal dimension are clearly inspired by the Olympic logo. The 452-meter-long bridge is divided into three sets of cross-connected structures, each with a maximum span of 95 meters, the structure supported by high-strength steel cables that cross-weave across the bridge.
The bridge will be separated into transportation and pedestrian sections, divided by two strips of trees and bushes designed to keep those on foot as away from the traffic as possible.
A Penda and ARUP collaboration
The Penda architecture firm worked alongside global engineering consultants ARUP, known for previous work on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Headquarters in Seattle, and the ongoing Apple Campus 2. Based in Beijing and Vienna, Penda's previous projects include its bamboo pavilion "One with the Birds," revisited for Beijing Design Week 2015.
The "Beijing Expansion Masterplan"
The new San Shan Bridge is part of a larger city expansion project, which will include a future exhibition hub Beijing Horticultural Expo 2019, and significantly extended public transport links (11,700km of metro planned for 2050) in response to the city's rapid growth and evolution into a supercity, the third largest in the world with 21,700,000 people.
The San Shan Bridge will be part of Beijing's infrastructure come 2022, when the city is hosting the Winter Olympic Games. The recently released plans by Penda and ARUP show an interlocked double-helix design.
A Gateway to the North
Connecting the city of Beijing to the river valleys and mountainous region of Zhangjiakou over the river Gui, the San Shan (translated as "Three Mountains") bridge will provide more efficient transport from the city to where many of the Winter Olympics events will be taking place.
Inspired by the Olympic Rings
While from the side the bridge evokes its "Three Mountains" name, from other angles a different reference is clear. Representing the union of five continents, the five interlaced rings of equal dimension are clearly inspired by the Olympic logo. The 452-meter-long bridge is divided into three sets of cross-connected structures, each with a maximum span of 95 meters, the structure supported by high-strength steel cables that cross-weave across the bridge.
The bridge will be separated into transportation and pedestrian sections, divided by two strips of trees and bushes designed to keep those on foot as away from the traffic as possible.
A Penda and ARUP collaboration
The Penda architecture firm worked alongside global engineering consultants ARUP, known for previous work on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Headquarters in Seattle, and the ongoing Apple Campus 2. Based in Beijing and Vienna, Penda's previous projects include its bamboo pavilion "One with the Birds," revisited for Beijing Design Week 2015.
The "Beijing Expansion Masterplan"
The new San Shan Bridge is part of a larger city expansion project, which will include a future exhibition hub Beijing Horticultural Expo 2019, and significantly extended public transport links (11,700km of metro planned for 2050) in response to the city's rapid growth and evolution into a supercity, the third largest in the world with 21,700,000 people.
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| San Shan bridge in Beijing, China by Penda |
