1. The Henderson Wave Bridge
By Maia Hanes and Lily Moxley
The henderson waves bridge

2. Location
It is located in the mountains of southern Singapore ,in Southeast Asia, 36 meters above Henderson road ,a six lane highway that runs through the south coast of the island state.. From your platform you can get different perspectives of the city and landscapes characteristic of the south of the republic and of the heartlands,the sea and the central business district.It was built to connect the hills of mount faber ,Telok Blangah hill and kent ridge park,three parks offering nine miles of beautiful gardens.

3. What is it The Henderson Wave Bridge is located in Singapore.
It was built in
Also its a 274 metre-long (899 feet ) pedestrian bridge it is the highest bridge in Singapore.It connects Mount Faber park and Telok Blangah Hill park.It was designed by IJP corporation,London and RSP Architects planners and engineers.
The bridge has a wave - form made up of seven undulating curved steel ribs alternately rise over and under its deck. The curved ribs form alcoves that function as shelters with seats within.Slats of yellow balau wood,an all weather timber found in southeast,Asia,are used in decking.The wave -forms are all lit with LED lamps at night at 7pm to 2 am daily.
The henderson wave bridge is located in signapore

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5. Materials to make this bridge
In the construction of the bridge they have used steel and wood.Steel was necessary for the structure,while wood celebrates on the beauty and the natural form.Its roof and sides are covered with wooden slats yellow balau only found in
Southeast Asia,positioned along the 274 meters which occupies the deck and connected perfectly with the undulating of its steel frame.This unifies wood structure by means of the texture,color and the tone of the finish .Another significant feature of this work of art,are the dimensions of the hight marking the slats at which you meet a long wit the bridge.Because wood is the real main material used in its construction,the national park board responsible for the maintenance in the structure,has forbidden ,for safety reasons,smoking in the bridge.Artificial lightning is provided from LED’s that operate from 19:00 hrs to 2:00 hrs.,emphasizing undulating forms throughout the length of this bridge,filling thus a distinctive and unique glow in the area.

6. Development
The pedestrian and cycle bridge Henderson Waves was commissioned by the urban development Authority (URA) of Singapore to open international winners convened in 2004,IJP corporation and RSP Architects,planners ,and engineers,with the concept and design engineering according to the schemes proposed by Adams Kara Taylor of Consulting civil and structural engineers.
The prime minister of Singapore,lee Hsein Loong officially opened the Henderson Wave bridge on May 10,2008.This impressive public infrastructure is one of the three new”linkways” connections built by the urban redevelopment authority in south cordilleras .

7. How it got its name
The pedestrian bridge Henderson Wave,gets its name from the resemblance of its form with the wave,but also recalls the undulating forms of a snake.The total length of the bride is 274 feet,with seven semicurvous alternating above and below the cover,being considered the highest foot bridge Singapore.Its width is 8 meters and rises 36 meters above Henderson road highway .

8. Designing concept
The bridge takes its form from a constant change in the cross section and the curved plane,built from the same underlying mathematical principle.We indentified parametric equation that describes all variations of complex geometry,and this was the basis for fluid communication between information architecture and engineering.The design concept of Henderson Waves is based on a three dimensionally folded surface created by simple mathematics .Project engineer techniques of mathematics used to define simple and rigorous form.As a result the forms are curved,undulate,amounting over to 21 meters in one movement,and in the process also deforms to provide adequate output slope and scenic viewing to pedestrians and cyclist.The bridge is designed from a single form comprising seven steel undulating curves composed of ribs which in turn,are raised above and below the deck.Generate small curved ribs shaped spaces that function as refuge niches seats inside.

9. Under each curve undulating shape shell,above the deck,the seats are located,protecting the visitor can easily observe the surrounding landscape.Two extended inclined roofs on both ends of the bridge,linking with existing streets and squares.The total length of the bridge is about 284 meters,and the elevation difference between high and low is equal to the full height on a block on flat floors.

10. Structure of steel
The main bridge structure has a series of steel ,arches and caternaries or even invented arches linked together and resting on concrete pylons.These towers,the highest reaches 36m,settle between waves at the point where the shape of the surface allows the self - intersection and arrows into only a single beam.the bridge have sections,the six are typical size,3.5 meters high by 24 meters long,and a larger 6 meters high by 57 meters long .The bulls are developed sections above deck level and they develop temporary activities,sit relax and travel.The remaining sections are below developed below deck leve and are not accessible, just ensure continuity of the structure.

11. Structure of wood
The 1,500 square meters of timber deck which sits on top of the steel structure is the center peice of the project complex parts,doubly curved,this large expanse of tropical hardwood shape of a tapestry of 5,000 modular boards,each of which varies only one degree every 10 meters,,with many.conical measures.The entire deck is supported by a steel subframe vibration dampers.the coordination between the steel and wood became difficult.Using your own equations,architects and engineers issued precise numerical descriptionsthe surface at regular intervals of 500mm,and provided 3 dimensional coordinate greatly helped to plan production in the manufacturer workshop wooden parts.