Lucky knot bridge (or knot bridge or knot footbridge) spans the Dragon King Harbor River in Meixi Lake District, Changsha, China. The 185 m long and 24 m high pedestrian truss bridge, which is bright red in colour, was designed by NEXT architects based in Amsterdam and Beijing and completed in October 2016.[1][2] The bridge, which started out as a design for an international competition in 2013, was designed keeping tourist activities in mind. The design is inspired by a Möbius strip as well as Chinese knotting.[3] However, mathematically, the bridge forms a two-sided surface, in which the top side of one of its pathways loops back to form the bottom side of the other pathway, so it is not a true Möbius strip.[4]
Lucky Knot Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 28°11′35″N 112°52′49″E / 28.192981°N 112.880328°E |
| Carries | Footbridge |
| Locale | Meixi Lake District, Changsha |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Truss |
| Material | Steel |
| Height | 24 m (79 ft) |
| Longest span | 185 m (607 ft) |
| History | |
| Designer | Next Architects |
| Construction start | 2013 |
| Construction end | October 2016 |
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| External image | |
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 NEXT Architects Lucky Knot Photography Julien Lanoo [5] |
References
edit- ^ Stinson, Liz (2017-01-04). "China's Sinuous 'Lucky Knot' Bridge Has No Beginning and No End". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ Patowary, Kaushik (29 October 2016). "Lucky Knot Bridge in Changsha, China". Amusing Planet. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ Cochran, Sam (19 January 2017). "Will This New Bridge Bring China Good Luck?". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ Séquin, Carlo H. (January 2018). "Möbius bridges". Journal of Mathematics and the Arts. 12 (2–3): 181–194. doi:10.1080/17513472.2017.1419331. S2CID 216116708.
- ^ https://www.wired.com/2017/01/chinas-sinuous-lucky-knot-bridge-no-beginning-no-end/