NEXT architects are working on a unique series of bridges all over the world. This time, their latest design isn?t an intriguing bat bridge (nominated for the 2016 Dutch Design Awards), but an iconic bridge in China: the Lucky Knot. The new steel pedestrian bridge in the Chinese mega city Changsha is 185 metres long and 24 metres high and fits perfectly in the sequence of extraordinary bridges that characterise NEXT?s practice; by explicitly engaging with the local context, the bridge designs offer new perspectives.

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Architects: NEXT architects

Location: Di Hua Mei Xi Hu Pan, Yuelu Qu, Changsha Shi, Hunan Sheng, China, 410205

Architects In Charge: Bart Reuser, Marijn Schenk, Michel Schreinemachers, John van de Water, Jiang Xiaofei, Jurriaan Hillerström, Luuc Sonke
Area: 185.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Julien Lanoo

Advisor Construction: CERI Engineering Technology Co., Ltd.

Advisor Lighting: H.G.lighting

Main Contractor: Capital Engineering & Research Incorporation Company limited

Client: Municipality of Changsha

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From the architect. NEXT architects are working on a unique series of bridges all over the world. This time, their latest design isn?t an intriguing bat bridge (nomi...