Silver A' Design Award Winner 2025
This architectural photograph presents a contemporary pedestrian overpass spanning a multi-lane roadway, captured from an elevated vantage point looking toward a metropolitan skyline. The image format is square, and the overall impression is one of elegant infrastructure set within a verdant urban context beneath a luminous pale sky. Scanning from the upper register downward, approximately forty percent of the composition features a soft blue sky with scattered white clouds, suggesting pleasant midday conditions. The distant background reveals a cluster of high-rise residential and commercial towers in warm ochre, cool teal, and neutral gray tones, their forms softened by atmospheric haze. Moving into the middle ground, the primary subject emerges: a striking white pedestrian bridge that sweeps diagonally across the frame from lower left to upper right. The bridge exhibits a remarkable twisted or spiraling form, with its deck surface appearing to rotate as it spans the roadway. At the left side, the walking surface is horizontal, protected by transparent balustrades and flanked by green plantings. As the bridge extends rightward toward its apex, the structure appears to turn, presenting its edge profile to the viewer. A single slender white column rises from the road median to support the span at approximately its center point. The bridge surface appears smooth like polished composite material, cool and refined to the touch. Below the bridge, a curved multi-lane road carries several vehicles, their colors including white, silver, and dark tones. The asphalt presents in cool charcoal gray with crisp white lane markings. On both sides of the roadway, mature trees create dense canopies in rich greens suggesting warm summer foliage, the leaves appearing full and healthy with textures like layered velvet. The foreground left features the bridge's approach ramp with metal railings and landscaped areas, while pedestrians move along its surface. The lighting throughout is soft and even, suggesting gentle warmth without harsh shadows, creating a welcoming atmosphere of accessibility and civic openness.
The pedestrian overpass of Huagai Mountain on Daliang Street, Shunde, is presented to the citizens in a light, silk-like form. The streamlined railing design of the bridge guides the visual extension of pedestrians on the bridge, and its unique spatial form allows vehicles driving under the bridge to capture the rhythm evolution of the building volume at different distances. At the same time, this bridge connects the park walkways of Huagai Mountain and Fengling Mountain, creating a walking network for citizens to get close to nature and move between the city and the mountains.