Martin Duplantier Architectes has won a competition organized by Chinese tour company ZTG with a design for a series of ?illusionist? bridges and pavilions in western Zhangjiajie, China. Contrasting with the surrounding ?baroque? landscape, which is a world heritage site, the project utilizes geometric forms and delicate placement to ?create a physical relationship? with its neighboring rock faces.

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Martin Duplantier Architectes has won a competition organized by Chinese tour company ZTG with a design for a series of ?illusionist? bridges and pavilions in western Zhangjiajie, China. Contrasting with the surrounding ?baroque? landscape, which is a world heritage site, the project utilizes geometric forms and delicate placement to ?create a physical relationship? with its neighboring rock faces.The project features three footbridges: "the illusion of a mirror for one, the fear of the void for the next, and lastly the setting in abyss for the final.?
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Through its elliptical disk shape, one footbridge mirrors the surrounding environment, and offers views into the gap between rock faces through an off-centered hole, which will be covered in a strong netting, so that visitors can ?lay down in the void.?

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Another of the br...