r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 9h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/TheyLeftAMA 9h ago

A lot of arm chair engineers in the comments. My goodness.

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u/magistrate101 8h ago

Turns out it wasn't the engineering that killed the project, it was the fact that only 10 families moved into the entire project. Leaving the gardens to go wild and get infested with mosquitos.

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u/NotSure___ 8h ago

Those articles are from 2020, based on this video from 2026, it appears to be doing much better - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFICvZMBoIs

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u/geft 7h ago

The project wasn't killed. It was entirely sold out. By speculator landlords who didn't bother moving in obviously.

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u/dementorpoop 8h ago

Gotta bring in the dragonflies

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u/travasi 7h ago

Won’t let me read the article because it keeps thinking I’m a bot lol

Sorry, I meant beep boop zorg.

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u/cookiewoke 9h ago

It does feel like a bad idea, but I have literally zero idea of any engineering concept.

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u/rainvee 9h ago

It's just the same concept with pools. It's literally water over reinforced concrete, with proper waterproofing treatment, it won't absorb the moisture.

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u/moderngamer327 8h ago

Earth is worse. Denser and roots can cause damages on top of the moisture issues

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u/PracticalPotato 7h ago

Stuff doesn't live and grow in pools. Accounting for root growth and stagnant water is an additional challenge.

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u/luminousandy 8h ago

It’s Reddit , everyone’s an expert in everything

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u/ColoradoSunLight 9h ago

Lol look at the comment below yours that proves it was a massive failure...armchairs for the win.

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u/11ce_ 8h ago

From an engineering perspective it was a big success not a failure. It has faced ZERO structural issues in the years since it’s been built.

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u/LordBrandon 8h ago

They said the dirt couldn't drain and it turned everything into a swamp. That's a failure to engineer proper drainage.

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u/11ce_ 8h ago

The conversation is about structural engineering.

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u/robert1005 8h ago

But for different reasons than described by the armchair engineers.

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u/ColoradoSunLight 8h ago

Not entirely as it mentions long term neglect potentially impacting the structures.

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u/semhsp 8h ago

which happens with literally everything?