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PROJECT
Zhong Sheng Da Dao Bridge -
LOCATION
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
2010 – 2012 -
AREA
Total length of 460 meters - 4 spans of 54 meters and 9 spans of 27 meters - Width of 35 meters -
COST
25 M€ - Download the project
The Zhong Sheng Da Dao Bridge consists of two parallel decks made up of five concrete arches, each with a span of fifty-four meters. These hollow volumes, formed of double-curvature surfaces, possess a high level of inertia thanks to the effectiveness of their form’s resistance. The apparent massiveness of the bridge is contradicted by the structure’s floating character, while the reflection of the arches in the water makes it yet more enigmatic.
The gravitational direction is neither ordered nor hierarchical, but the continuum of the concrete surface ensures effective load transfer. Massive but floating, opaque but pierced, a dialogue emerges with the surface of the water in relation to the horizon, the line of gravity between the sky and the land. The difficulty in carrying out the work lay in the need to divide the complex surface into sections of shuttering that could be combined, manipulated, reused, and reassembled symmetrically twenty times. The plan for the shuttering was geometrically and constructively regulated using a digital model available both to our office and to the builder, the building site and the geometric tool being central to the project.