Red Ribbon in Tanghe River Park
In Qinhuangdao, China the Tanghe River Park features a new installation of a red steel bench that runs for half a kilometre through the park.
The Red Ribbon project has won an honor award from the American Society of Landscape Architects, and was also selected by readers of Conde Nast Traveller magazine as one of the seven new wonders of the architecture world.
Photos by Kongjian Yu and Cao Yang
yatzer on 27 Mar 2008 at 11:45 am #
THANK YOU SO MUCH for this beautifull post!!
nb on 28 Mar 2008 at 5:31 am #
thanks for sharing this.
the last picture… if it is steel, how does it glow as if light is coming from the inside? wierd.
beth on 28 Mar 2008 at 9:55 am #
did a quick read of the ASLA article - and they call it fiber steel. still can’t find any information on what that means, but it sounds non-traditional.
Louis on 28 Mar 2008 at 1:10 pm #
How do the issue of vandalism dealt with here?
Wouldn’t a concrete structure be more suitable and durable?
Just a thought!
Thanks!
Louis
alex on 29 Mar 2008 at 10:14 am #
Louis is right. i’m a skateboarder, and looking at these pictures, i get excited. i’m sure a million other skaters are too.
Gaile Guevara on 29 Mar 2008 at 11:31 pm #
what an amazing concept! love this beautiful sculptural element
guest on 31 Mar 2008 at 10:35 pm #
the material is fibre glass(same used for making boats), nothing to do with steel.
skating is not possible there
and thats good. The side is also video protected, there are some secutity man sitting in an little office and keep a eye what is happening…
there so many thing made of concrete, we dont need a world made of concrete…
unfortunately, its not any more real red looking, like on the photos.. the sun changed it into more orange