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The bridge Simone de Beauvoir

July 16th, 2006

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It is not every day that Paris has a new bridge. This is the 37 th.

Let me introduce to you the bridge Simone de Beauvoir.
She was a writer (the second sex) and a philosopher, married to She shared the life of Jean Paul Sartre (thank you Sarah).

This bridge looks like a roller coaster on the photo, but it is only an optical illusion. The architect, Dietmar Feichtinger, wanted to give this bridge the curves of a women. A tribute to femimity depicted so well by Simone de Beauvoir.

RFR, a Paris based team of engineers worked on the sketch design of this bridge.

And guess where this bridge is leading to ? To the French National Library (Tres Grande Bibliotheque).

 
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At night, the lighting comes from under the handrails. No lamp posts break the elegant lines.

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  • 1. Guzz  |  November 26th, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    nice work you done here ;-) I’m working at school for.. I don’t know how it’s called xD I however had to look for simone de beauvoir, with a biography etc. :) and urls, but I only had wikipedia, and thisone rocks!! ;-)

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