Lucky knot bridge (or knot bridge or knot footbridge) spans the Dragon King Harbor River in
Meixi Lake
Meixi Lake Park () is a public, urban park in Yuelu District of Changsha, Hunan, China. Covering an area of , the park was established in 2012 and opened to the public in 2016. Meixi Lake Park is bordered by West Fenglin Road () on the North, Thir ...
District,
Changsha
Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, an ...
, China. The 185 m long and 24 m high pedestrian
truss bridge
A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or ...
, which is bright red in colour, was designed by
NEXT architects based in
Amsterdam
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and
Beijing
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and completed in October 2016. The bridge, which started out as a design for an international competition in 2013, was designed keeping tourist activities in mind. The design is inspired by a
Möbius strip
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as well as
Chinese knotting
Chinese knotting, also known as () and decorative knots in non-Chinese cultures, is a decorative handcraft art that began as a form of Chinese folk art in the Tang dynasty, Tang and Song dynasty (960–1279 CE) in China. This form of craft or ...
. However, mathematically, the bridge forms a two-sided surface, in which the top side of one of its pathways loops back to form the bottom side of the other pathway, so it is not a true Möbius strip.
References
External links
Lucky Knot, NEXT Architects
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Tourist attractions in Changsha
Buildings and structures in Changsha