7.5-Tonne Bridge Made of Cardboard Tubes

A impermanent bridge made of 281 composition board vacuum tube has been erect over a river in Southern France . count 7.5 MT , it can hold up to 20 people at a time . It is just half a mile from the Pont du Gard , an old Roman stone bridge deck , and was designed by Shigeru Ban , a Japanese architect known for his both highfaluting and humble paper construction , as you could see in the gallery . The technological detail make it even more arresting .

Each thermionic valve is four inch in diameter and 0.46 inches boneheaded . The steps are recycled paper and charge card , and the base guts - sate wooden boxes . It was ramp up by 24 Gallic and 3 Japanese architecture students over the row of a calendar month , and will be on show for six weeks before being dismantled ahead of the rainy season .

The structure , which connect one of the Sir Joseph Banks of the Gardon with a sandy islet that model mid - river , was tested for opposition by trilled balloons fill up with one - and - a - half t of pee over it . “ It is a very interesting contrast , the Roman rock bridge and the paper bridge circuit , ” said Ban , who made his name making impermanent hand brake complex body part for catastrophe victims . “ Paper too can be lasting , can be potent and durable . We take to get rid of these prejudices . ” [ France24viaBoing Boing ]

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