无锡锡东中央公园步行桥设计（奥雅）

客　　户：无锡高铁站商务区管委会
项目地点：无锡
设计时间：2011年
　　
奥雅设计集团获得江苏无锡中央公园设计，并对其中标志性的跨河步行桥进行了设计。
　　
在规划层面上，一条轴线斜跨整个中央公园，成为连接公园与此区域南北的最重要连接。此轴线南北斜跨九里河，步行桥架设于河中央。因为位置的重要性，步行桥无疑要成为整个公园的重要步行连接与标志物。
　　
整个步行桥一体化设计，流畅而富有动感的形体激活了整个中央公园。步行桥平面被设计为S形状，为穿越公园的人们提供一个对景，并创造出视觉中心点，而非单一无聊直接看穿轴线两端。同时步行桥给人们不仅仅提供了一个穿越的交通空间，中央局部放大，一体化的造型并提供雨棚，也提供一个驻足停留的观景场所。桥身中部放宽，一个茶室便巧妙地布置于桥墩下，达到功能、空间、结构的整合。
　　
在中间岛屿的设计上，岛屿靠近茶室一侧放宽，地形局部条状隆起，创造出面朝中心湖的观景坐席，提供给市民另一个良好的休憩、观景场所。
　　
在奥雅设计集团建筑与景观一体化设计的大旗下，此步行桥建筑与附属景观在造型、材质、功能、结构、空间等遵循一体化设计原则，桥与环境相得益彰，创造出优质的城市空间。

 L&A Design Group has developed an exciting contemporary bridge design as an architectural highlight of Wuxi Xidong Park, located in Jiangsu province, China. The bridge is planned to be the main connection between the north and south foreshores of the parks lake and allows visitors access to a small island destination that commands views over the water as well as café facilities and pocket gardens.

 The important position, jutting out over the central water body, encouraged a dynamic design response. The design team has envisioned a signature iconic structure that is attractive, has a flowing modern form expressing the importance of Wuxi’s relationship with water and is functional in its connections to the island, foreshores and allowing boats to pass underneath its elevation.
 
Designed as a whole volume, the bridge presents unique curves and a platform that widens as the bridge crosses the island. The platform creates a focus for the bridge maximizing views out across the lake under a shaded canopy, integrates ramp access to the island and forms an intimate space for the cafe underneath.

 To reduce the long linear scale of the bridge an "S" shape plan was created to provide closer vistas for people accessing the park from both sides of the lake. It is a bridge with a ‘twist’. As the bridge reaches its island destination the shape stimulates a dramatic interaction between architecture, landscape and water. Construction will utilize lightweight steel structures, light colored outer panel skins for a sleek look that can be elegantly lit up at night and polished timber detailing to tactile surfaces such as seating and railing.