Heatherwick's Rolling Bridge
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- The Rolling Bridge was designed by the award-winning Heatherwick Studio, working with structural engineers SKM Anthony Hunts.
Installed in August 2004, the Rolling Bridge spans an inlet of the Grand Union Canal, towards the head of Paddington Basin.
The Rolling Bridge at first appears inconspicuous; a simple steel and timber footbridge. To allow access for a boat to be moored in its inlet however, it slowly curls up until its two ends meet, forming an octagonal sculpture that stands on one side of the canal towpath.
The twelve metre bridge is made from eight triangular segments, which fold towards each other. The master unit hidden underground powers hydraulic rams within the bridge parapets, which fold the handrail. This is what enables the bridge to curl.
The Rolling Bridge was constructed at Littlehampton Welding in Sussex, and arrived at Paddington by canal. Since its official opening in September 2004 it has won a Structural Steel Award and an Emerging Architecture Award.
Every Wednesday and Friday at midday, and on Saturdays at 2pm, the team at Merchant Square delight visitors and people who live and work in Paddington by demonstrating the Rolling Bridge in action.
Wow they made civil engineers bridge into a real thing!
i think you were saying that RCE recreated the rolling bridge in poly bridge
Wooosh
@@thesun4003 ↑ Eden can't read sarcasm it look like.
@@edenalon5435 it looks like you cant see through sarcam
@@edenalon5435 because he did dumbass
I'm an american here, just saw this from Civil Engineers polybridge video and had to search it up. It is such a shame some people in the comments are getting angry about this. This was privately funded, you don't have to wait for it to unfold you can literally walk right around it. The entire purpose of this bridge is to have a mechanism that is beautiful as an art piece as well as advertisement for the people who made it and the people who own the building.
Especially to us that love engineering the time and thought that went into designing this and then fabricating it and making it look this beautiful is seriously a feat of engineering.
They could throw down two planks and call it good but they made art instead. Sure beats the hell out of a cheap sign in terms of advertising for their business.
That's waste engineering. Overcomplicating to this degree where as you say, two planks could be used, well I'd steer way clear away from that company. Unless I'm in business of accidentally funding space programs when I need a kettle.
@@NGC1433 You seem to be missing the "art" concept of this. The point was never to have a simple design in the first place. I'll bet whoever funded this project would be very disappointed if they wanted an artistic bridge design and you gave them two planks of wood instead.
@@NGC1433 Yeah brother, it had nothing to do with simplicity it was meant to be art. Like a circular smiley face drawn in 4 seconds vs the Mona Lisa both depict a person with a facial expression but only one of them is art. It's in the details. This is engineering art, the details are what make it beautiful.
There is a reason that mechanical watches are loved for their complications. We could just use a 4 dollar Casio quartz watch and it would be more accurate but some people enjoy the complexities of engineering and find artistic value in it.
Is this a practical bridge? No, it wasn't meant to be you can walk directly around it. It was meant to show they can make something this beautiful out of something as mundane as a small bridge. That is serious creativity.
Simplicity is purity in engineering when designing something robust. The best part in a design is one that reduces the number of other required parts. But this isn't just engineering. This isn't going on a Le Man's car, or an airplane, or a rocket. It's not meant to save lives or carry cars everyday it is a functional art sculpture intended to show off their abilities. Idk how else to describe the difference, it's a shame you can't appreciate it though.
Real civil engineer brought me here
Me too
yep
Yup
Same xd
Same
its basically an art piece, it doesnt have to serve a purpose, it just sits/curls there and looks nice
yeah it may be basically useless, but is cool
It’s purposes is to get people to say that’s near and visit the city
You've just described me doing yoga.
I agree. It’s just art.
@@Elinzar Yup! Bridges are useless b/c everyone knows that humans can walk on water 🤦🏻♂️
Polybrige got some crazy graphics these days
Lol
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I've walked over that bridge ptobbably a 100 times and never knew it actually moves :D
Probably because rolling it up is such a monumentally collosal waste of time.
@@GuyMahoney If it never rolls up, then its just an absurd waste of money that serves no purpose but to allow an engineer to show off.
@@elliotmorin5560 Exactly. Companies love to waste money on their building's aesthetics.
@@AnonymousB0ss The debate has nothing to do with being anti-technology. Its about being against needlessly wasteful concepts. How exactly is that bridge better then just a standard bridge? What possible advantage is there to rolling it up?
@@AnonymousB0ss We'd use functional bridges, not snail bridges that don't benefit anybody or cable bridges that weren't properly designed (millenium bridge)
Engineering > Architecture
What i really like about the design of this bridge is that if you didn't know about it , you could easily just walk over it and not even notice there was anything special about it.
Anyone else feel an insane urge to stand on that one piece that doesn't move and be completely surrounded by bridge?
Yes, I do too!
And be trapped inside it until it next unfurls - and how long would that be? 🙄
@@samuelfellows6923 you only have to wait like 15 seconds. you don’t wait until it is completely normal again 🙄
Yes
@@samuelfellows6923 you’re definitely fun at parties
It’s neat and all, but that canal dead ends right their, you can even see people walking around. If this was a 600 foot long slip then maybe I could see it offering convenience but it seems more like a “because we can” thing rather then an innovative solution to a problem.
its called art baby
Proof of concept if nothing else....
@@baums547 before *rolling out* the product... ITS A JOKE
Well, what's wrong with "because we can" mindset? We wouldn't have achieved technological advancement like we have right now, if people from the past never tried things out just because they could. It's okay to be curious and creative.
And sometimes ’because we can’ is the absolute best reason to do something! 😁
Soooo many negative comments about this bridge. I almost can’t believe it. Can’t we just appreciate the innovative thinking of Thomas Heatherwick and creating something that’s one of a kind.
there's no point of innovation if the end result is unnecessary
@@atharvakashiva1467 ever heard of Art?
For those glass half empty joyless people who criticize this as not very useful and can't see the purpose of it - the purpose is inspiration, sculpture, art with function, and stunning, innovative design. It is and always will be a fantastic talking point for locals and tourists alike. Having seen it working, it's an utter delight and brings smiles to the faces of people of ALL ages. Great art does not have to be useful - this piece IS, but that's just a bonus.
+smudgemouse And yet the UK is nearly 1.6 trillion pounds in debt.
+The Generalissimo
IMHO the national debt of a country is irrelevant to this posting. The bridge was funded by the private development company Paddington Basin Developments Ltd, it was not funded by public money.
Even if it had been funded by UK taxes, why should any person in the UK stop appreciating beauty just because a succession of UK Governments has mismanaged their county's economy? If that ever happened to me, I'd probably be better off dead.
Great art does not have to be useful. However if there is too much great art we end up with no natural spaces left. Personally I believe the greatest art of all time is the natural environment. Use it wisely or there will be none left !!!
This was a PRIVATELY FUNDED PIECE OF ART.
Brilliant, clever and FUNNY as hell.
ok?
This bridge has loads of potential as a skate ramp
uh-no
yes@@Viridian02
Who turned on Unbreakable to build this bridge??
I can only imagine some one on the end of the bridge not moving when it’s closing and they get trapped in a rolled up bridge
That was the only think I could think about
Stuck in a giant hamster wheel
It won't roll if there is human in bridge..
Foolish of them. Wat.
human taco.
At that miserably slow speed, how do you expect that to catch anyone?
This bridge was designed by Thomas A. Heatherwick. I love it!
At 1st I though it was a thrill ride. Then a bridge across...mind blowing. Interesting and beautifuly made.🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
That is a thing of beauty!
Love the way the hydraulic system is hidden.
Thanks RCE
I'd like to one day film myself standing next to that bridge while it's curling down, and I'll yell "COME ON, YOU CAN DO IT! BELIEVE IN YOURSELF! REMEMBER YOUR TRAINING! NO ONE STANDS IN YOUR WAY!" as if I'm coaching it.
... and so extraordinarily well filmed!
wow that was so cool and very awesome!!
I love it-- both beautiful and functional.
I now want to have a house with a moat around it and this as the gate.
Magnificent idea for a bridge, however the duck’s walking on water is a miracle and much more efficient!
In a Little of time this video will be filled with comments regarding real civil engineer
@Benjamin McCann oh boo hoo.
Wow amazing sharing
What happens If the brigde starts raising when someone is passing by?
Leap of faith
Pokémon battle
Run
Something bad
Yeet
This is poly bridge!!
*Arglin is taking notes*
So simple yet elegant to look at. ( i bet it wasn't easy to design though ).
It's a cool bridge, that for sure. According to Wikipedia the bridge is 39 ft (12 metre) long and 1,4 meters wide. It cost £500,000 to build. That's £12,820 per foot or £1068 per inch. Or in metrics, £41,666/m, £416/cm, £41,6/mm. Or if you prefer, 1m³ ≈ £29,762, 1dm³ ≈ £298, 1cm³ ≈ £2,98. The Rolling Bridge was built in 2004, so adjust the price with inflation, and it would've cost roughly £772,000 to build the bridge today. Or £45,952 m³.The avarage square metre price in Westminister is £19,749.
Pretty but pointless. Yep, pretty pointless.
It's art
@@IceX92 art is useless too lol
@@IceX92 No its not
catch me running to stand at the base of it as it starts to roll up so I can be in octagon jail for an indeterminate amount of time
Thanks, now commute is inconvenient!
I love waiting for bridges to slowly uncurl.
+Wilfred Sun You can walk around it, fear not.
This was recommended after watching a recreation in polybridge
The amount of engineering hurts my head
Wow brilliant
i can practically hear the polybridge hydraulics when the bridge goes up and down
London Bridge is rolling on,
Rolling on, rolling on
London Bridge is rolling on,
My fair lady
I love and hate it at the same time
It's so cool yet serve so little purpose
Guy in the background "Noou, oh noou... YES! Yeees. Ok, let's make it cheaper, let's put springs here and a muscle there..."
Now I wanna see a bridge with soaring wings.
Add this to the list of nice things we could never have in the US because some idiot would figure out how to hurt themselves with it
And then the comment after answering who it would be
amazing!
I love it....it's novel!
Ah yes, connecting the vital areas of the left side of the patio and the right side of the patio, saving travelers 20 feet of walking
usefull to get across the river dead end
This is alot better than the vessel
civil engineers channel introduced this to me i had to search it
Now that's an architects bridge
If I see it right, the channel end exists there only so that there is a reason for the bridge.
It reminds me of a restaurant that has a bridge between two ponds... a bridge over solid ground between two ponds.
A perfect octagon
Homeless at morning: dont unroll my house, you dude!!! XD
1:10 nice use of hinges, links, and hydraulics.
De um edifício para outro .. possível chance de salvar vidas em incêndios..
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I thought I was watching Inception for a minute there.
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rce made this to my recomended page
OMG same🤣🤣🤣🤣
Apparently I'm into bridges now
That's so cool and practical if used somewhere for boating clearance. Too bad in America it would be vandalized into garbage in a month or two.
very interesting....
Gotta keep that busy shipping channel open (!)
I wish this didn't have the music so you could hear the bridge in action
poly bridge people know this way to well
what is the need for this collapsible bridge, wouldn't permanent bridge be sufficient?
It's a great creation and everyone involved in this must be appreciated BUT is it really required?
I see ducks just standing next to the bridge in the water. It aint even deep
I mean, even if it's not deep people will not pass walking trhough water when they are in middle of a city xD
It's pointless to make it like that? Yes, but the bridge itself it's necesary
Kind of, but it's better to save time don't you think? The bridge has to be able to move out of the way so boats can move probably, it's just a really fancy way of doing it
If we only lived life by doing what is merely "required" it would be a very, very boring existence.
It looks like half art piece, half functional bridge. Its the kind of thing that's interesting.
@@Boon.Oreo6042 you know, thats litterally the dead end of the river (canal?, canel? idk) lol
soooo... what is the purpose of it rolling up? am i lacking something? was there too much money that needed to be spent?
Thomas Heatherwick is the designer. Look into his other creations
The b1m is where I started… and then I ended up here.
imagine ur right at the end of the bridge when suddenly it curls up and you have to walk back
Civil engineering you brought me here
You want to see a senseless bridge in action, be here Saturday at 2pm...
For some reason, I got instant back pain when looking at the bridge move.
Why does this look like it was designed in Poly Bridge?
"How did you die?"
I was decapitated by a bridge that atracked me
It's pretty, blossoming like a flower. But why wouldn't they just leave it extended? Seems like a waste of time and money to extend and retract it all the time.
only flaw is 0 purpose
al dente LOL!... Yep... Probably costed and arm, leg, and an eyeball to build too!
further more,, a sliding system can have the same purpose effeciency for less cost, less space
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Ever built a Snowman?
I mean if it was used for your drive way if happening to live on the opposite side of a creek, it'd be neat and keep people from driving up to your house when not home.
How many times can you travel the extra 100ft around before this thing actually extends?
It's all fun and giggles until someone gets trapped in there.
so cool
what is your on the bridge and it just rolls up
painful
This is cool but I don't see be very functional in terms of utility.
There are boats there, therefore the bridge is just for people to get to the other side when there are not any boats passing through in that particular moment though.
Sorry for an EXTREMELY late reply, and also if i didn't phase that properly. :)
There is a thin wall in the water below where the bridge folds out so nothing can pass anyway. I like the bridge but it would be so much better if it was practical. It would be more fun to use if it folded out onto a little island where people could get stuck for a few hours if they didn't get off in time!
The small inlet could've easily be paved for people to walk in the U. Stupid place for a bridge like this and a waste of money!!
i visit Merchant square all the time and this bridge add both access value and appeal to the area. It is in tandem with its surroundings. Those who comment on not having value clearly hasn't been to Merchant square. like the buildings, its beauty is in its design and art as opposed to pure functionality. this isn't a pure infrastructure piece. it is an artistic piece.
How does the bridge know when to unroll? Does someone press a button, like at a crosswalk, or does it unroll itself automatically every few minutes?
That was like a 35k budget wasnt it
TH-cam recommended me here.... I regret nothing
That is cool…..
Polybridge with rtx on
That make my giant hamset happy!!
+driveman Make that hamster :-)
I'm surprised by the use of linear pneumatic actuators, I would have thought this could be achieved using passive springs instead of the actuators for the curl up action, and a cable along the entire back of the structure, which could be tightened to force the bridge down into the uncurled position.
This would introduce a world of problems as far as upkeep. The linear pneumatics are far better in outdoor environments. Considering its around water,
I would ride my bike over it just as it was going up...
There wasn't any harder solution for this?
what if i run on it while its still 3/4 the way down and jump to the other side
That bridge can trap you if you're not careful
the bridge closes really slow, unless youre stupid is bassically impossible
I would get inside the curled up ball like Indiana Jones sliding under a door
Ohh real life poly bridge
You can walk around before it unfolds.
Does it still operate..?
I clicked because I saw this on Real Civil engineer not searched for this is like GOOGLE KNOWS?! Edit part, It's legit faster to walk around it xD but it is very cool tho Looks like a scorpion tail ready to attack!
can you stay inside it?