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Based in Shanghai, NAN Architects produces creative offices, R&D facilities, and exhibition pavilions marked by expressive structural geometries, combining branching piers, pinched facades, and rotated volumes with stark transitions between perforated brick and lightweight glass gables. This work serves as a strong reference when detailing sculptural external circulation, configuring expressively tapered structural supports, or resolving tectonic shifts between solid masonry and soaring glazed enclosures.

Exterior view of an elevated pedestrian skybridge with triangular diagrid framing spanning over a public plaza by NAN Architecture.

南京金陵中环天桥_调整大小

上海

An urban pedestrian bridge precedent featuring an expressive structural diagrid truss and splayed supporting columns that form a monumental gateway over a city plaza.

What we like about this project
The structural supports taper and splay outward like branching columns, widening the ground-level passage.

Materials

  • steel
  • glass
  • composite-metal-panel

Visual identifiers

  • pedestrian-bridge
  • diagrid-truss
  • splayed-columns
  • urban-gateway

Style tags

  • high-tech
  • futuristic
  • contemporary

Visual tags

  • infrastructure
  • skybridge
  • urban-public-realm
  • diagrid
  • high-tech
Geometry
Horizontal bridge truss spanning across an urban open space, supported by splayed structural columns framing a central portal.
Facade system
Glass curtain wall encased within an external structural diagrid frame.
Structural guess
External Vierendeel or diagrid steel truss supported by splayed composite steel-concrete columns.
Spatial scale
Large-scale urban infrastructure spanning a multi-lane street and public plaza below.
Lighting
Bright daylight with clear skies casting soft shadows and highlighting the metallic truss geometry.
Atmosphere
Clean, orderly, and dynamic public space animated by overhead structure and pedestrian circulation.
Environmental context
Dense urban plaza surrounded by multi-story commercial buildings and street traffic.
Spatial experience
The elevated walkway creates a framed gateway over the pedestrian plaza, connecting surrounding high-rise volumes overhead.
Composition rhythm
Repeating triangular lattice modules create a steady rhythmic band across the entire length of the bridge.
Style reading
Futuristic high-tech infrastructure
Program
Pedestrian skybridge and urban connector
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
steel, glass, composite-metal-panel
Visual identifiers
pedestrian-bridge, diagrid-truss, splayed-columns, urban-gateway
Style tags
high-tech, futuristic, contemporary
Visual tags
infrastructure, skybridge, urban-public-realm, diagrid, high-tech
Geometry
Horizontal bridge truss spanning across an urban open space, supported by splayed structural columns framing a central portal.
Facade system
Glass curtain wall encased within an external structural diagrid frame.
Structural guess
External Vierendeel or diagrid steel truss supported by splayed composite steel-concrete columns.
Spatial scale
Large-scale urban infrastructure spanning a multi-lane street and public plaza below.
Lighting
Bright daylight with clear skies casting soft shadows and highlighting the metallic truss geometry.
Atmosphere
Clean, orderly, and dynamic public space animated by overhead structure and pedestrian circulation.
Environmental context
Dense urban plaza surrounded by multi-story commercial buildings and street traffic.
Spatial experience
The elevated walkway creates a framed gateway over the pedestrian plaza, connecting surrounding high-rise volumes overhead.
Composition rhythm
Repeating triangular lattice modules create a steady rhythmic band across the entire length of the bridge.
Style reading
Futuristic high-tech infrastructure
Program
Pedestrian skybridge and urban connector
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Exterior view of an elevated pedestrian skybridge with triangular diagrid framing spanning over a public plaza by NAN Architecture.

南京金陵中环天桥_调整大小

上海

An urban pedestrian bridge precedent featuring an expressive structural diagrid truss and splayed supporting columns that form a monumental gateway over a city plaza.

What we like about this project
The structural supports taper and splay outward like branching columns, widening the ground-level passage.

Materials

  • steel
  • glass
  • composite-metal-panel

Visual identifiers

  • pedestrian-bridge
  • diagrid-truss
  • splayed-columns
  • urban-gateway

Style tags

  • high-tech
  • futuristic
  • contemporary

Visual tags

  • infrastructure
  • skybridge
  • urban-public-realm
  • diagrid
  • high-tech
Geometry
Horizontal bridge truss spanning across an urban open space, supported by splayed structural columns framing a central portal.
Facade system
Glass curtain wall encased within an external structural diagrid frame.
Structural guess
External Vierendeel or diagrid steel truss supported by splayed composite steel-concrete columns.
Spatial scale
Large-scale urban infrastructure spanning a multi-lane street and public plaza below.
Lighting
Bright daylight with clear skies casting soft shadows and highlighting the metallic truss geometry.
Atmosphere
Clean, orderly, and dynamic public space animated by overhead structure and pedestrian circulation.
Environmental context
Dense urban plaza surrounded by multi-story commercial buildings and street traffic.
Spatial experience
The elevated walkway creates a framed gateway over the pedestrian plaza, connecting surrounding high-rise volumes overhead.
Composition rhythm
Repeating triangular lattice modules create a steady rhythmic band across the entire length of the bridge.
Style reading
Futuristic high-tech infrastructure
Program
Pedestrian skybridge and urban connector
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
steel, glass, composite-metal-panel
Visual identifiers
pedestrian-bridge, diagrid-truss, splayed-columns, urban-gateway
Style tags
high-tech, futuristic, contemporary
Visual tags
infrastructure, skybridge, urban-public-realm, diagrid, high-tech
Geometry
Horizontal bridge truss spanning across an urban open space, supported by splayed structural columns framing a central portal.
Facade system
Glass curtain wall encased within an external structural diagrid frame.
Structural guess
External Vierendeel or diagrid steel truss supported by splayed composite steel-concrete columns.
Spatial scale
Large-scale urban infrastructure spanning a multi-lane street and public plaza below.
Lighting
Bright daylight with clear skies casting soft shadows and highlighting the metallic truss geometry.
Atmosphere
Clean, orderly, and dynamic public space animated by overhead structure and pedestrian circulation.
Environmental context
Dense urban plaza surrounded by multi-story commercial buildings and street traffic.
Spatial experience
The elevated walkway creates a framed gateway over the pedestrian plaza, connecting surrounding high-rise volumes overhead.
Composition rhythm
Repeating triangular lattice modules create a steady rhythmic band across the entire length of the bridge.
Style reading
Futuristic high-tech infrastructure
Program
Pedestrian skybridge and urban connector
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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