This work is a reference to an already built installation art - rolling bridge.
The Rolling Bridge is a kinetic sculpture, and a unique type of curling moveable bridge, completed in 2004 as part of the Grand Union Canal office and retail development project at Paddington Basin, London.
The Rolling Bridge was conceived by Thomas Heatherwick. It consists of eight triangular sections hinged at the walkway level and connected above by two-part links that can be collapsed towards the deck by hydraulic cylinders mounted vertically between the sections. When extended, it resemb...
Initially, a user inquired about how to use Bongo to simulate the animation of this bridge . I found the design quite intriguing as it serves both as an installation art piece and a functional structure.
I created this animation using the IK system of Bongo2 and rendered each frame using the default renderer in Rhino 8, and then I did some post-processing on these frame sequences with DaVinci Resolve.
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