Sustainability and Inertia: A Piezoelectric Pendulum Bridge by Margot Krasojević Architects
The design of bridge structures does much to inform the character of their surrounding landscapes. Functionality and visual style can together create a sense of place for a large swath of land, connecting and enveloping one object body to another. Set in the mountains of Tianmen, China, a bridge design by Margot Krasojević Architects invites its visitors to embrace its rugged surroundings in an intimate way. From Margot Krasojević Architects’ project notes: “The suspension footbridge in Tianmen, China, spans two mountains, and its design simulates that of the surrounding snow-capped mountain landscape. Further, it responds to the cloud-edge effect, capturing direct and reflected light to increase solar energy production. On cloudy days, its solar panels absorb diffused as well as reflective light, so that this bridge can achieve maximum exposure to solar energy. Moreover, its canopy is clad and fabricated with a highly reflective shifting carbon-fibre aluminium composite embedded with …
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