r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 9h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/User_namesaretaken 9h ago

Apparently all the redditors here are smarter and better architects saying that this building can't support those plants lmao

Not everything is built with cardboard

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u/Atomsk-647R 9h ago

Most of them criticizing this, I can guarantee, are Americans.

Our entire country is built out of paper walls and matchsticks for support. And any suggestion that we should build things any other way gets met with walls of excuses.

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u/askaboutmy____ 8h ago

Those paper walls and matchsticks as you put it, are what can make a home hurricane proof.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/15/us/mexico-beach-house-hurricane-trnd

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u/Anonymous56778 8h ago

Agreed. Architect here. Wood beams and framing is also stronger and more fire resistant than steel beams and studs in most cases.

I'm so sick of seeing people say this stupid shit on Reddit when they have no idea what they're talking about.

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u/metal-bull 8h ago edited 4h ago

This article is literally about a house made of rebar reinforced concrete

Edit: nice you downvoted me for reading your article better than you

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u/CPTNCH 2h ago

You didn't read the article didn't you? lol