The connectivity of the waterfront spaces along Shanghai Huangpu River has been launched since 2016. To link the waterfront spaces along the East Bund, Pudong New District planned to build twelve bridges that serve the public not only as low-speed pathways, but also as landmarks in the East Bund landscape. As one of the twelve bridges, the Pedestrian Bridge over Shanghai Taitong Ferry Station - which is near the city’s landmark of Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower - connects the Metropolis Plaza at the eastern side and the Lujiazui CBD Greenland at the western side. The bridge itself is 180-meter long, and is connected to landscape pathways with a total length of 389 meters. According to different heights in the site, the bridge wind around surrounding buildings with two lanes for cycling and jogging/walking. The winding bridge passes through the lush vegetation in the riverside landscape belt, and leads those who are sightseeing or sporting on the bridge to move up and down. Peaking at the platform of the Taitong Ferry Station, or gathering at the courtyard under the bridge, different flows separate and mingle with each other at different points, which make the bridge a medium for “interweaving flows”.
Project Data
Location︱Taitong Ferry Station, Pudong New District, Shanghai
Program︱Low-speed bridge
Scale︱180 m
Design/Built: 2016/2017
Design Team︱Zhu Xiaofeng(design principal), Li Qitong (project manager), Jiang Meng (project architect，on-site architect), Liang Shan, Du Jie, Zhou Yan, Liu Peibin
Client︱Shanghai East-Bund Investment (Group) Ltd.
Structural Consultant︱Zhang Zhun/AND Office
LDI︱Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute (Group) Co., Ltd
Photographer︱Liang Shan
