Lucky Knot Bridge

Lucky Knot Bridge
Coordinates	28°11′35″N112°52′49″E / 28.192981°N 112.880328°E / 28.192981; 112.880328
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
Location

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]

External image
NEXT Architects Lucky Knot Photography Julien Lanoo [5]

References

1. 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.
2. Patowary, Kaushik (29 October 2016). "Lucky Knot Bridge in Changsha, China". Amusing Planet. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
3. Cochran, Sam (19 January 2017). "Will This New Bridge Bring China Good Luck?". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
4. 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.
5. https://www.wired.com/2017/01/chinas-sinuous-lucky-knot-bridge-no-beginning-no-end/

External links

• Lucky Knot, NEXT Architects

28°11′34.73″N112°52′49.18″E / 28.1929806°N 112.8803278°E / 28.1929806; 112.8803278