A curvaceous novel footbridge inspired past times the Mobius strip has opened inwards Changsha , Red People's Republic of China , that offers pedestrians a multifariousness of dissimilar routes across the Dragon King Harbour River. At 185 meters long together with 24 meters high “Lucky Knot Bridge” rises together with falls across its flat offering spectacular views of the river , Meixi Lake , the metropolis of Changsha together with the surrounding mount range.
The bridge’s designer , NEXT Architects —who has offices inwards Amsterdam together with Beijing— was invited to accept component inwards an international contest to blueprint a novel brace to hold upwards constructed inwards Changsha's chop-chop developing ‘New Lake District’ , close 3 years ago. The winning blueprint —the Lucky Knot— was inspired every bit much past times the Mobius strip every bit the ancient Chinese fine art of decorative knotting. In Chinese folk fine art , the knot symbolizes luck together with prosperity. The brace , which connects multiple levels —the river banks , the route together with a park— at dissimilar heights , literally together with metaphorically knots all these routes together.
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“The Lucky Knot is to a greater extent than than a brace together with a connector betwixt ii river banks. Its success lays inwards bringing cultures together , together with inwards the fusion of history , applied scientific discipline , fine art , conception , architecture together with spectacle ,” NEXT architects Beijing partner Jiang Xiaofei said.
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