Recently, foreign media were surprised to find that the world's first horizontal skyscraper is about to be built in Chongqing, China.
Source: CNN
The reason why we say "horizontal" is that among the eight skyscrapers that have sprung up, there is a "lying" building. The 300 meter long gallery bridge connects four skyscrapers at an altitude of 60 stories, instantly turning the complex into a 3D "sail".
Source: CNN
"Chinese construction workers are about to build a huge commercial complex costing 2.7 billion pounds, with an incredible" horizontal skyscraper "on top of a 1000 foot high building," the Daily Mail said in a full three line headline.
This crystal corridor uses more than 10000 tons of steel, but it is light and flexible from a distance, like the Milky Way flowing over nine days.
Imagine if you walk into a suspended building and have a bird's-eye view of the square below through the glass wall. Isn't that fantastic? Bold people can also walk to the outdoor viewing platform with transparent floors at both ends.
"Horizontal skyscraper" effect picture (daily mail, UK)
CNN also gave more details. The skyscraper complex is a collection of shopping malls, office buildings, apartment buildings, hotels and major transportation hubs (ferry, subway and bus stops), which will open this year.
A swimming pool and restaurant will be built in the "horizontal skyscraper". (daily mail, UK)
Not only is it beautiful, but the new landmark will also set a world record. It has the world's tallest corridor bridge with the largest number of connecting towers. The nearby towers are also connected by smaller bridges, which means people can travel freely between the eight buildings without going down to the ground.
What's more incredible to the foreign media is that the three sections used to connect the four buildings weigh 1100 tons. After they are built on the ground, they need to be lifted to an altitude of nearly 300 meters by a crane, and then connected with the building to form a corridor bridge.
Source: Daily Mail, UK
The guardian pointed out that in a densely populated city like Chongqing, the builders had to make full use of the limited land resources. Designer safdi said, "there is no space to build a large park [on the ground], so we move it into mid air.".
No, the unfinished "horizontal skyscraper" has become a "net red" building in the eyes of foreign netizens.
"It's cool. It's surreal." "If you want to go to China and feel it, you may feel weak when you look down from the suspended corridor bridge, but the scenery must be very pleasant."
This is not the first time that Chinese architectural miracle has surprised foreigners. In the past two years, China's "super projects" have frequently appeared in foreign media.
In Shanghai, a "deep pit Hotel" built in a former mining pit has been reported by foreign media. Its depth below the ground reaches more than 80 meters, and it is built on the cliff of deep pit. National Geographic of the United States has praised it as "the miracle of World Architecture".
CNN reported that the "world's lowest artificial altitude" of high-grade hotel has refreshed the understanding of people in the world's construction industry. The Chinese have built 16 floors underground. The bottom two floors are also underwater buildings, as if they were in the underwater world. This way of "turning waste into treasure" makes it more attractive.
The world-famous Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge has been called one of the "seven wonders of the modern world" by the guardian, and its construction has set a number of world records.
As the longest sea crossing bridge in the world, it has ultra-high standards in road design, service life, anti-collision and anti-seismic, flood and wind resistance, etc. It connects Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao and greatly shortens the space-time distance between the three places. Driving from Hong Kong to Zhuhai and Macao can shorten the original 5-hour journey to 30 minutes.
No wonder some British netizens praised the executive power of the Chinese: "the Chinese can always think of ways." "In China, if one thing needs to be solved, it will be solved."
Source: Reference News, written by Liu Yangzi and Nie Zhifang
