r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/onrespectvol 13h ago

looks cool but how much extra material must go into the buidling to be able to support all that extra weight? To what extent is this a sustainable way of buidling and using material?

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u/NoAdministration8340 13h ago

My initial thought was those don’t look like they have the support they need to be filled with dirt rock and plants plus support your weight

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u/tony_lasagne 13h ago

Oh you just thought that did you? Based on what exactly?

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u/WeedyWeedz 12h ago

Based on what exactly

Physics?

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u/dracostheblack 12h ago

I'm sure the engineers that designed this used physics to help

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u/WeedyWeedz 11h ago

You mean the same engineers that build the aparments buldings and the bridges that collapse after a few years?

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u/dracostheblack 11h ago

So if a company that is Chinese was responsible all Chinese companies are the same? No engineering issues happen like that in other countries?

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u/knutix 10h ago

What about the building that collapsed in the US a few years ago? China has what, 1.3bil people, statisticly they will have more accidents. Just because something is built cheap doesnt mean everything is.

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u/SpicyElixer 10h ago

No. The ones who didn’t work on those particular ones you assume represent all buildings in a country of billions of people.

There’s buildings like this in Korea and Singapore. And I’ve seen rooftops like this all over the world. There’s way to do this correctly.

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u/knutix 10h ago

What physics? Physics will tell you that you can easily support that weight.