Rolling Bridge at Paddington Basin The Rolling Bridge located in London, England is an architectual and engineering masterpiece. The bridge is a pedestrian footbridge for most of the week, until it retracts into an octagon to let ferries through. The actual footbridge has a simple Truss design that spans an inlet of the Grand Union Canal at Paddington Basin. However at midday on Friday, the bridge transforms into art form.
The design constraints for this bridge include artistic appeal and foldablilty. The bridge had to look nice but he price could not over take that. It was to be a simple footbridge so they also had to make it economical. Also they wanted to bridge to fold into an art piece but the downside was that the people couldn't use the bridge all the time. The studio wanted to make to bridge movement extraordinary, so in result the bridge was simple to accentuate the form of the bridge.
The design constraints for this bridge include artistic appeal and foldablilty. The bridge had to look nice but he price could not over take that. It was to be a simple footbridge so they also had to make it economical. Also they wanted to bridge to fold into an art piece but the downside was that the people couldn't use the bridge all the time. The studio wanted to make to bridge movement extraordinary, so in result the bridge was simple to accentuate the form of the bridge.
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