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原文传递 FAST FORWARD

题名：	FAST FORWARD
正文语种：	eng
作者：	Jared Brey
摘要：	A grand experiment fusing design, engineering, technology, and natural processes could soon emerge in a remote part of the Gobi desert in Inner Mongolia in the unlikely form of a proving ground for new-model cars. The Sand Drift Proving Ground is designed by Margot Krasojevic Architects, a design studio based in London and Beijing, on behalf of a Chinese car producer. The proving ground will test the performance of new models on a variety of changeable, artificial surfaces, including "potholes, deep sand pits, gravel, rumble strips, sine waves, undulating asphalt, and cobblestoned road sections," according to promotional materials. Part building and part landscape, it is designed to appear as if it was blown onto the site by the wind. Electrical engineers and physicists contributed to the design of the proving ground. The primary structure is a concrete, double-barrel vault that sits partially within the desert rock. A cantilevered ramp, or looped track, projects from and circles the building. Aided by hydraulics, the ramp can "slide into the landscape" to change the gradient or conditions of the track (such as flooding and freezing), according to press materials.
出版年：	2023
期刊名称：	Civil Engineering
卷：	93
期：	1
页码：	80-80