Thursday 6 June 2013

Geology analysis of the site and structural prototype of the bridge

The site I've chosen is Yangtze Gorges. The area is located in Chongqing, one of the populated area in south west China. 
In history, the area was called "Heaven City" because of  its geological advantages, such as fertilized ground, bumpy terrain shape which is great for defence and beautiful mountain-with-river landscape. 
The advantages have actually created a great place for people to live. 
For centuries, the area has bred many outstanding poets, politics, and artists. The area is recognised as one of most spiritual area in China. 
There is a Chinese character "" to describe such areas where the landscape is beautiful and people there are mostly intelligent.
The direct translation of 灵 is miracle.
 combine with other characters which refers to the following meaning: 1. spiritual  2. ideas 3. intellegence 4. mind 5. hollow 6. weightless
In Chinese Feng Shui,  requires an organic combination of mountains and rivers or lakes. 
In my site, is a intersection of mountains and rivers. The deep water cuts the high mountain into two halves, hence creating a huge wide gap. 
In the picture below. Black represents the mountain ranges, blue is river, red circle is the site area.


The gap need a bridge, a symbolic one. It's not necessarily binding two mountains together. But conceptionally it does connect those. It should be  enough in this  area.  In this specific context,  is modern and deconstruction.
Material should be white, transparent and light.
Structure should be deconstructing, seperate, architetonic, symbolic. 









Questions for Jo:
I know it is not possible to construct a building with parts that floating in the air. But how about in the future, when the material could be superconductive material and floating in a electric field?
Last time when I talked to you, you said the structure should be convincing.
I wish to build something never happen before, which means it might be unconvincing for conservative people. So, my interpretation for "convincing structure" is a form of structure that has hierarchy, and makes people feel safe when standing on that. 
So I designed this structure, totally post-modern, deconstructive, and makes me feel weightless. It has strong beams from the anchor and presents strong forces from the mountain. 
People standing on that will feel safe on their feet and feel strange to see how thing floating on there head.
Do you agree that this structure is convincing enough?

Instead of down the valley, I am going to build the folly on the opposite side of the valley. Facing to the bridge. So it seem the bridge is unfinished. And the elevator will horizontally connects to elements together. I love this idea! haha


I'll think about how people use the structure and how people reach the bridge on the next stage.
Many thanks for commenting, and have a lovely weekend :)

PS: Dimensions:
Valley spans about 300m, bridge 100m.



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