Bridge of paper

A paper bridge (photo) can bring 20 people across the river at the same time as the work of Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, who has made many paper houses for earthquake refugees in Japan and Turkey. Turkey, India or Rwanda refugees.

He is also a co-author of the Center Pompidou in Metz (France), a famous building built of wood, concrete, steel and glass.

The paper bridge, which was inaugurated last weekend across the Pont-du-Gard canal, is located in Lyon, France. Bridge 20m long. Bridge paper is made of many cylindrical pieces with a diameter of 11.5cm, paper thickness of 11.9mm, and inner cloth with round wrap.

The whole building weighs 7.5 tons with a maximum load of 1.5 tons. Guests crossing the bridge will step on horizontal bars made of a mixture of recycled paper and plastic. Bridges are wooden crates filled with sand and gravel. Shigeru Ban explained: 'To build bridges for fast. Besides, cement is difficult to regenerate '.

(Photo: France 24, Can Tho Newspaper)

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