Wednesday, June 14, 2023

2022 San Shan (3 Mountains) Bridge Design

(Satellite? I looked in over 10 sources, and none of them gave a specific location. Google Maps not only doesn't know about San Shan Bridge, it doesn't know about the Gui River. (Update: according to Sammy D III's comment, no source says where it is because it never got built!))

Highway Engineering Discoveries posted, also ArchitectMagazine
Bridge Design in China
Designed to span the Gui River, the bridge will create a new direct route between central Beijing and Zhangjiakou 

Two of several photos from ArchitectMagazine:
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b, also dezeen

"The San Shan Bridge spans across the Gui River and will be an integral part of the infrastructure program for the Olympic Winter Games 2022 in Beijing and connects the city center with Zhangjiakou. The English translation of “San Shan (三山山)” is 3 Mountains and describes the form of the bridge seen from the side with its 3 arches connecting to its hilly backdrop....‘Entering the rings’ on the way to the Olympic competitions, should be seen as an contextual icon for the Games. From its side, the bridge is seen as a sequence of mountains and valleys and is in an harmonious dialog with its neighboring green hillsides, blurring the manmade structure with the natural surroundings. Seen from the top, the bridge connects the two shores of Gui River through a DNA string-like dual helix. Visitors of the Olympic Games, who are approaching the river are introduced to a multifaceted icon that changes its appearance based on one's perspective towards the bridge....Based on its dual helix structure, the bridge utilizes 5 times less steel than a conventional box girder bridge." [ArchitectMagazine]

people
"Chirs Precht, co-founder of Penda says it is helpful to view the apparatus in a similar way as a bicycle wheel. There are 300-foot tall steel rings tilt toward each other in pairs, and the deck and cables are the hub and spokes of the wheel, respectively. Moreover, the structure aims to provide a public space, with transportation lanes and the pedestrian lanes separated by a natural stripe of hedges and trees. "

This shows the green belt between the pedestrians and vehicles.
MyModernMet
"Architecture firm Penda and engineering firm Arup have teamed up to undertake the ambitious goal of redesigning the suspension bridge."




2 comments:

  1. I think you have been fooled. These images belong on the architects’ office wall, and the Architect magazine article is from 2016 and is talking about 2022.

    If anything this beautiful existed they couldn't fly the tourists in fast enough. Oops?

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