Entitled the Rolling Bridge and designed by Heatherwick Studios, (you might remember their work as the designers of the Seed Cathedral, the gawking beautiful sculptures, or the Konstam at the Prince Albert), this innovative piece spans the surface of the Grand Union Canal at Paddington Basin, London. Serving as a multifunctional piece, the bridge not only needed to act as an access route for workers and residents, but it also needed to adjust in a manner that would allow entrance for the boats in the inlet. The process of creatively incorporating these elements into the design became the steam behind this innovative idea. The more common approach would have been to design a bridge with a rigid element that fractures and lifts, instead, this rolling bridge opens and unfolds transforming from a circular sculpture to a straight bridge. The recipient of the Structural Steel award and the Emerging Architecture award, the Rolling Bridge opens every Friday at noon. If you’re every in London, it would definitely be worth a visit.
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Janice
Truly amazing, if I back in London any time soon I will try and see this.