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Rolling Bridge by Heatherwick Studio (London, 2004).

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Heatherwick’s Rolling Bridge could be a Beauty

Heatherwick’s Rolling Bridge could be a Beauty

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The Rolling Bridge was designed by the triumph Heatherwick Studio, operating with structural engineers SKM Anthony Hunts.Installed in August 2004, the Rolling Bridge spans associate degree body of water of the Grand Union Canal, towards the pinnacle of Paddington Basin.

The Rolling Bridge initially seems inconspicuous; an easy s…

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The "rolling bridge" in Saint Malo, France, was operating between 1873 and 1923, to avoid the long walk all the way around the harbour. A similar structure was also built in Brighton, England

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Rolling Bridge | Heatherwick Studio

Location: London, UK

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Rolling Bridge

The studio was commissioned to design a pedestrian bridge to span an inlet of the Grand Union Canal at Paddington Basin, London, and provide an access route for workers and residents. Crucially, the bridge needed to open to allow access for the boat moored in the inlet.

The aim was to make the movement the extraordinary aspect of the bridge. A common approach to designing opening bridges is to have a single rigid element that fractures and lifts out of the way. Rolling Bridge opens by slowly and smoothly curling until it transforms from a conventional, straight bridge, into a circular sculpture which sits on the bank of the canal.

The structure opens using a series of hydraulic rams integrated into the balustrade. As it curls, each of its eight segments simultaneously lifts, causing it to roll until the two ends touch and form a circle. The bridge can be stopped at any point along its journey.

(Words and images from www.heatherwick.com)

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- Rolling Bridge (UK) Designed by Heatherwick Studio, the award-winning Rolling Bridge is located Paddington Basin, London. Rather than a conventional opening bridge mechanism, consisting of a single rigid element that lifts to let boats pass, the Rolling Bridge gets out of the way by curling up until its two ends touch. While in its horizontal position, the bridge is a normal, inconspicuous steel and timber footbridge; fully open, it forms a circle on one bank of the water that bears little resemblance to its former self. Twelve metres long, the bridge is made in eight steel and timber sections, and is made to curl by hydraulic rams set into the handrail between each section.