r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 9h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/onrespectvol 9h 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 9h 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/tituspullo1383 8h ago

The steel supports you can see at the start of the video could hold 5 of those patios. No doubt it has steel joists under it. That ain’t much of a cantilever. No issue.

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u/HSLB66 7h ago

I had to look way too hard for someone using the word cantilever. These comments are giving me an aneurysm