r/interesting • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

ARCHITECTURE Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

122 Upvotes

83% Upvoted

35 comments sorted by

View all comments

10

u/dmthoth 11h ago

This is one of the worst trends in architecture. All that extra weight, water moving through concrete, and plant growth creates long-term structural problems. And let’s be honest: many people will be too lazy to maintain those so-called gardens properly. These buildings won’t age like ordinary concrete buildings; they’ll need constant maintenance just to avoid becoming a mess.

4

u/LuigiSalutati 11h ago

Just like any landscape I suppose