millbank千年码头(millbank millennium pier)

位置：英国

分类：交通建筑

内容：实景照片

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Millbank Millennium Pier breaks new ground in the design of passenger piers. It links Tate Britain, Tate Modern and the Saatchi Gallery, all located on the banks of the Thames River, by boat. Consequently the pier‘s aesthetic appearance was a critical requirement and the design treats it as a functional floating sculpture formed of faceted steel plates. At night the pier is transformed by Angela Bulloch‘s ‘Flash & Tidal‘ artwork which is built into the pier‘s structure and consists of chartreuse and blue lights that glow along the pier‘s decks, alternating between high and low tide. As they do so, 63 programmed white lights flash on and off, their sequence changing on every night of the fortnightly Thames tidal cycle. The pier has been nominated for several design awards and was designed by Marks Barfield who were also responsible for the extraordinarily popular London Eye that can be seen, neatly on axis, from the pier‘s gangplank. The pontoon is held in place by three radial arms to avoid unsightly piles; these move in critical directions and allow the pontoon to rise and fall freely on the tide. Two arms hold the pier at a set distance from the bank while the approach bridge restrains it in line with the river. The gangplank, made from an enormous steel truss, is randomly braced to add interest to what would otherwise be a rather monumental piece of steelwork.

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