The Japanese architect Shigeru Ban installs a "paper bridge" in front of the bridge of Gard the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban inaugurated Friday in front of the Bridge of Gard his bridge to him - a "paper bridge" which will be able at the same time to borrow to 20 people, thanks to the solidity of the tubes of
paperboard which make it up. "It is a very interesting contrast: the Roman stone bridge and the
paper bridge. Paper also perhaps permanent, to have force and duration, it is necessary to get rid of its prejudices", explains to L '''' AFP Shigeru Ban, which carries out there first world with this material simple and which can be recycled of which it S '''' is made a speciality. "The form takes as a starting point the the Bridge of Gard", with a range of 20
meters like an arch of the level lower of the ancient bridge classified than the world Inheritance of L '''' UNESCO, adds L '''' architect. Born in 1957 in Tokyo, it is known for its shelters out of paperboard intended for the disaster victims of seisms in Japan, to Turkey or India or with the refugees of Rwanda. In France, he is a Master D '''' work, with Jean de Gastines, of the Pompidou Center of Metz - out of wood, concrete, steel and glass - which must open in 2008. "A bridge, it was one of my dreams", continues it by thanking the score D '''' student for the École Nationale Supérieure of architecture of Montpellier which carried out with three students of Japan the assembly in one month, within the framework of their working training course. Its bridge, with 500 meters of the Roman bridge, spans Gardon to a small island where the bathers prélassent themselves. It will be opened with the public as from Monday within the framework of an exposure until September 16. It then will be dismounted until after the season of raw then rebuilt "to become an element of the visit", said the director of the site Bernard Pouverel. Tests with 1,5 ton D '''' water in balloons tested its solidity, explains Marc Ferrand, assistant of Shigeru Ban which supervised the installation. This "structure out of paper braced and post-stretched" weighs 7,5 tons, with 281 tubes of paperboard of a diameter of 11,5 cm and a 11,9 mm thickness containing each one a threaded rod. The steps consist of a material out of recycled paper and plastic and the foundations of cases out of wooden full of sand and rollers found on the spot, in order to allow a fast disassembling and also because "cement is very difficult to recycle", underlines Shigeru Ban. Allemand à : AnglaisAllemand à : FrançaisAnglais à : AllemandAnglais à : Arabe BÊTAAnglais à : Chinois (simplifié) BÊTAAnglais à : Chinois (traditionnel) BÊTAAnglais à : Coréen BÊTAAnglais à : EspagnolAnglais à : FrançaisAnglais à : ItalienAnglais à : Japonais BÊTAAnglais à : PortugaisAnglais à : Russe BÊTAArabe à : Anglais BÊTAChinois à : Anglais BÊTAChinois (simplifié à : traditionnel) BÊTAChinois (traditionnel à : simplifié) BÊTACoréen à : Anglais BÊTAEspagnol à : AnglaisFrançais à : AllemandFrançais à : AnglaisItalien à : AnglaisJaponais à : Anglais BÊTAPortugais à : AnglaisRusse à : Anglais BÊTA Proposer une m
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