荷蘭“隱形橋”成爲最熱門水上旅遊點

Building a permanent bridge over the defensive moat of a 17th century fortress might send the wrong message to an invading army. So modern-day Dutch engineers have come up with a clever way of disguising the pathway - by building it under the moat's waterLine.

The West Brabant Water Line is a series of defensive fortresses, cities and waterways in Halsteren, the Netherlands.

After falling into disrepair it had been recently restoRed, but designers thought it would be inappropriate to go against the original design and build bridges over the moats.

Instead, they came up with an "invisible" bridge that sits within the moat and would allow people to cross virtually undetected from water level.

The award-winning Moses Bridge - so named as it invokes the biblical image of Moses parting the Red Sea - is now a landmark feature of Fort de Roovere.

Ad Kil, a spokesman for architects RO&AD, said: "The fort now has a new, recreational function and lies on several routes for cycling and hiking."

"Of course, it is highly improper to build bridges across defensive moats, especially on the side of the fortress the enemy was expected to appear on."

"That's why we designed an invisible bridge. Its construction is entirely made of wood, waterproofed with foil."

"The bridge lies like a trench in the fortress of the moat, which is shaped to blend in with the outlines of the landscape."

"The bridge can't be seen from a distance because the ground and the water come all the way up to its edge."

He added: "When you get closer, the fortress opens up to you through a narrow trench. You can then walk up to its gates like Moses on the water."據英國《每日郵報》11月16日報道，在17世紀城堡的護城河上架起一座永久性的橋樑，可能會給侵略部隊傳達錯誤的信息。所以當代荷蘭工程師們想出一個聰明的辦法，來掩蓋通往城堡的道路——將橋建在護城河水岸線以下。

西布拉邦水上防線位於荷蘭哈爾斯特倫市，是由一系列堡壘、城市以及水道組成的。

該防線年久失修，最近進行了恢復重建，但是設計師認爲，如果違背原始的設計理念，在護城河的上方搭建橋樑，將是非常不合適的。

於是他們反其道行之，想出了一種“隱形”的橋，架設在護城河內，能夠使人們幾乎不被察覺地從水平線以下通過護城河。

屢獲殊榮的摩西橋——這樣命名是因爲它引用了聖經中摩西分開紅海的形象——現在已經成爲Fort de Roovere城堡的標誌性建築。

荷蘭RO&AD建築設計事務所的發言人愛德•科爾說：“這座堡壘現在有了全新的娛樂休閒功能，數條自行車和徒步旅行的路線都通過這裏。”

“當然，在用以防禦的護城河上，特別是在可能出現敵人的城堡一側搭建橋樑是非常不合理的。”

“這也就是爲什麼我們設計了一座隱形橋樑。這座橋完全由木頭建造而成，用鋁箔紙來防水。”

“這座橋就像是坐落在護城河中的一條溝渠，這種造型是爲了使它與周圍的風景融合在一起。”

“在遠處是看不見這座橋的，因爲從遠處延展而來的地面和水面與橋的頂部邊緣平齊了。”

他還補充道：“當你走近時，城堡就會通過一條窄窄的溝渠向你敞開。你可以像摩西行走在水上一樣走向城堡的大門。”