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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Revolving Sail Bridge in Eerduosi Shi, China by Margot Krasojević ArchitectsSeptember 1st, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Margot Krasojević Architects The design proposal is for a pedestrian bridge commissioned by the Ordos government to cross the Wulanmulun River, located in Ordos city, Kangbashi district Mongolia. The bridge consists of a main floating section which gives buoyant support to three expanding walkways, and a carbon fiber triple sail which is raised and lowered by the buoyancy rotator. The bridge is a flexible structure that can relocate by sailing along the river to its new position. To do so, it folds into multiple sections that stack into each other.  Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević
 Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević A hydraulic telescopic secondary structure supports the pedestrian walkway. Expanding and contracting into the main body of the primary structure, its movement depends on where the sailboat bridge is berthed or sailing to. The bridge can be moored along the quayside, sailed into any location along the river or permanently positioned using Caisson foundations which are floated and sunk into position, thus stabilising the bridge. Screw-in moorings, along with nine ton anchors, provide further stability to prevent drift.  Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević  Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević The bridge’s flexible walkways adapt to different quays and span across the river, expanding and folding accordingly. The hydraulic walkway is supported by the river bank’s landing docks while the main body of the bridge is kept afloat by the sail and its rotator. The walkway’s and the ring frame’s weight distribution prevent capsize. The primary ring frame has eight marine floatation airbags to further stabilise the sail rotation.  Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević  Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević The sails are made of lightweight aluminum frame, clad in a carbon fiber reinforced polymer. They are suspended from a rotating Mobius ballast chamber which is hydraulically operated by a thruster to rotate and fill with water in order to revolve the sail and relocate the bridge. The rotating Mobius element is made from lightweight aluminium enveloped in stabilizer fins and photovoltaic cells which power the thruster. It consists of five ballast tanks which fill with water and which rotate the sail from horizontal to vertical. The other four tanks are left filled with air so that the sail remains buoyant when used either as a bridge or sailed to a new position.  Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević  Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević An array of cylindrical crossflow turbines skim the water’s surface. Acting as a raft, their buoyancy helps support and stabilise the bridge’s primary structure. When the bridge is in use, the sail is lowered and acts as a canopy over a seated area for people to enjoy the views and the platform gardens. The bridge unhinges from the hydraulic triangular section ring frame and rotates into vertical position in order to sail down the river.  Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević  Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević About Margot Krasojević Margot Krasojevic has been developing a dialogue between architectural form, geometry, sustainability and smart materials as an inherent part of the design process, dictating the terms of the architectural design criteria rather than referring to sustainable technology as a polite afterthought.  Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević  Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević Renewable energy and how to optimise the collaboration between program, typology, and architecture has always been at the forefront of the studio’s research and design approach. Previous to which she worked with Zaha Hadid Architects and NOX.  Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević  Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević Following her Masters and Ph.D in 1997 and 2003 respectively architecture has become the tool through which to explore environmental change and renewable energy sources.  Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević  Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević  Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević
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