With the interplay between light and material, and people’s movement through the bridge in real time, the Light Vortex Bridge injects vitality and color into the space. 

The project is located in Shanghai Xuhui Vanke Plaza, a newly built TOD commercial complex. The Light Vortex Bridge is situated on a curved connecting bridge in the central part of the commercial complex, linking the east and west second-level platforms. Below the bridge lies the main central outdoor passageway and a sunken courtyard, facing the main entrance on the southwest side. 

The Light Vortex Bridge envelops the entire bridge with rotating blue inflatable membranes. Using minimal materials and the lightest intervention method, it creates a visually striking spatial focal point. The bridge consists of two types of inflatable membranes, a spiral type with a diameter of 600mm and a linear type with a diameter of 400mm. These two membranes form different spiral configurations, interlinked with each other through a structure of thin steel circular tubes, the spiral membranes fixed to the outside and the linear membranes fixed to the inside. With variation of color between the spiral and the linear, the bridge presents tessellating textural effects under sunlight.

From a distance, the bridge serves as an iconic art installation; up close and inside, it becomes an experiential rotating tunnel, where people are instantly enveloped in a translucent blue—the projected light turns blue, and looking up, the sky also appears in different layers and more vivid shades of blue. The dynamic spatial changes created by the spiral form can only be perceived when one walks through the bridge.