Recently, when the reporter drove through the elevated off-ramp of Hongmei South Road, he found that this cross-line bridge was lit up! The blue-purple landscape lights reflected a long steel structure bridge rising into the air, full of modernity and urban vitality. It turned out that as one of the 10 bridges and tunnels in Minhang District this year, the Hongmei South Road Elevated Fanghe Road Crossing Bridge has successfully completed the transformation and gorgeous transformation!
The steel bridge is "put on makeup", and Nanminhang is bright again!
Located in Wujing Town, adjacent to Minpu Bridge, Hongmei South Road Elevated Fanghe Road Bridge is an important crossing for Shanghai to enter Minhang South Science and Technology Innovation Center, Zizhu Science Park and Liaoshen Zhicheng South Science and Technology Innovation Industrial Park, and is the main passage of "Da Zero Bay". The surrounding area is dominated by residential areas and enterprise parks, and the northwest side is a cluster of science and technology companies, with a large average daily traffic flow and pedestrian flow.
Busy cross-line bridge on weekday mornings
In the past, the bridge was darkened at nightfall, and even if the bridge had a distinctive shape, pedestrians would not feel visually comfortable due to the lack of lighting facilities.
"The common means of expression of urban renewal is the organic renewal of 'cell repair', which is the familiar 'micro-renewal', designer Zhou Hongxiang introduced that the landscape improvement of the viaduct adopts the "micro-renewal" strategy, adheres to the principle of economy, and presents a new sensory image to the greatest extent.
The first is to increase functional lighting and landscape lighting, to be practical, beautiful, safe and economical, without affecting the traffic under the premise of moderately doing some artistic landscape decoration at the intersection, into the regional cultural connotation, combined with the characteristics of the façade structure, hidden installation of lamps and lanterns, through the lighting layout, color temperature control, etc., to show the beauty of the façade structure.
The cross-line bridge with changing colors after renovation and upgrading. Isn't it a real picture as a rendering?
"On the basis of the original unique steel structure, we added cool white, blue and purple lighting to show the beautiful scenery of a modern science and technology metropolis," said the person in charge of the landscape department of the District Green Rong Bureau. Looking up, it is the Shenjiahu Expressway that crosses it, and the elevated reconstruction and upgrading area of Hongmei South Road has since stretched more than 300 meters from north to south, enriching the three-dimensional spatial level and making the urban landscape more vibrant.
The column "changes new clothes" to add an urban atmosphere
Back on the ground, the reporter found that the columns under the viaduct also seemed to be wearing "new clothes". It is reported that there are a total of 14 columns of the Hongmei South Road Fanghe Road Bridge, S32 is a high column, and Hongmei South Road is a low column under the elevated, "uneven, must be considered uniformly, and it will be flattened in the design, so that the visual height can be consistent, and the overall perception is harmonious", Zhou Hongxiang explained that the columns of different heights at the intersection are uniformly wrapped to block the sense of difference brought by different columns.
Columns of different heights are uniformly wrapped
The "new clothes" of the columns are white, and they look like small square holes during the day, but when night falls, they gradually reveal lights of various patterns, outlining the skyline of the city! The lights flicker with the traffic, and the blue-purple lights on the upper floor are integrated, which not only meets the needs of functional lighting and ensures the safety of residents, but also is full of a sense of science and technology, adding a bit of urban atmosphere, and even a little dreamy light and shadow show in the light rain.
The small circular square holes in the columns form the city skyline at night
Landscape lighting implements centralized control and management, including weekday mode, holiday mode, celebration mode, energy-saving mode, etc., to achieve multi-scene effect switching control. On weekdays, a light cyan color is used, which echoes the atmosphere of the southern science and technology innovation center, and the overall rhythm is soothing. The brightness of holidays is improved, the color changes, and the beauty of the steel structure is more complete and prominent. After 10 o'clock in the evening, the energy-saving mode is turned on, and the landscape lighting of the bridge is automatically turned off, and only the functional lighting of the road under the bridge is retained to ensure basic traffic safety.
The beauty of the lines of the viaduct
Lamps are also hidden at the bottom of the bridge to supplement the functional lighting under the bridge, and a green sketch is being planned at the center of the green belt under the bridge to add landscape to the low space under the bridge, so that those who return late can feel the color of the city under the colorful lights.
"This area is a gathering place for innovative technology industries such as artificial intelligence, smart medical care, and high-end equipment, as well as a talent concentration for city builders in the new era.
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