• PROJECT
    Jin Liu Lu Bridge
  • LOCALISATION
    Sur le canal Ji, nouvelle ville de Sino Singapour, Tianjin, Chine
  • CLIENT
    Compagnie d'investissement et de développement de la ville écologique de Sino Singapour
  • PROJECT MANAGEMENT
    Marc Mimram Architecture et Ingénierie
  • DATES
    2012 – 2014
  • AREA
    Total length of 270 m for the main bridge + 25 m of viaducts. Span: 4 modules of 50 m long and 2 side modules of 35 m long. Width: 30.5 m (2 lanes + bicycles + pedestrians)
  • COST
    21 M€
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The Jin Liu Lu Bridge followed on from the Zhong Sheng Da Dao Bridge. The approach here was to find a solution that related to the latter, so instead of opaque massiveness we started from hollowed-out surfaces.

The line of arches is exactly the same, but here the inertia is qualified by the voids, by the distance between the deck and the variable ribbon.

This ribbon is formed of a doubleskin steel surface, the side wings of which vary in size, rising and curving, echoing the static scheme and responding to the direction of gravitational forces. Instead of a raised mass, a concrete continuum floating on the lake’s horizon, here we see a steel leaf framing empty spaces through which can be seen the ever-changing play of light. The double curvature of the steel sheets draws on techniques from the shipbuilding industry, the metalwork of the arches evoking another kind of floatation.