Merchant Square bridge / Knight Architects

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一座桥，如动感雕塑般出现在英国帕丁顿商业中心的运河上。5条钢梁组成的桥面宽三米，通过液压千斤顶的作用，像东方扇子般开合。引人入胜的造型将建筑与景观的品质再提升一个档次。

The competition-winning design for an opening footbridge at Paddington Basin will span 20m across the Grand Union Canal at the heart of the new Merchant Square development.

The design concept is both simple and spectacular: a 3m wide cantilevering deck is hinged at its north end and is raised using hydraulic jacks with an action similar to that of a traditional Japanese hand fan.

The five steel beams forming the deck open in sequence and shaped counterweights assist the hydraulic mechanism and reduce the energy required to move the structure.

The design has been considered in respect to the high quality new architecture and landscape, and from elevated as well as ground level viewpoints. In motion it will be an eye-catching kinetic sculpture whose silhouette is both legible and exciting and which is well suited to the position on Sunset Terrace.

 

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