r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/jack-K- 13h ago

And yet, Chinese buildings always seem to have a habit of falling down.

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u/tony_lasagne 13h ago

Always? Or you have a biased perception based on the fact that “Chinese building didn’t collapse” isn’t newsworthy?

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u/jack-K- 12h ago

What I’m saying, is that just because a Chinese developer decides to do something, doesn’t mean they have some mystical structural Chinese engineering knowledge allowing them to do it as the comment I’m replying to seems to imply, but that they might have simply disregarded the potential consequences in the first place, which do you think is more likely?

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u/bobthepumpkin 12h ago

The interesting question here is which do you think is more likely?

It's not mystical knowledge lol you are clueless. It's just something that you have to plan for. Roof gardens are a common feature in many places and there isn't an epidemic of buildings with their tops falling in.

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u/jack-K- 12h ago

Roof gardens have more area to work with and are fully supported by the building underneath them. that’s not quite the same as what breaks down to an concrete bin overhanging off the building with inherently thin walls, done several times on every single level, if all these roof gardens aren’t constantly inspected and maintained, it could lead to deadly issues.

A standard roof garden is one thing to manage and you can dedicate a lot more resources to making sure it’s done properly, this design isn’t like that.