Bouncing and jumping across the Seine on a giant trampoline could be a possibility if plans unveiled by Atelier Zundel Cristea are taken on board. The proposal was put forward for an ideas competition for a new bridge in Paris, which called for a new icon or landmark to add to the 37 bridges across the Seine.

“It appears to us that Paris already has the bridges and passages necessary for the flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic across its waterways. Our intention is to invite its visitors and inhabitants to engage on a newer and more playful path across this same water,” say the architects.

The proposed bridge would be comprised of three 30m diameter inflatable PVC doughnuts, with trampoline webbing across the centre, attached by cord in a self-supporting structure and held in tension to form a series of arches.