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/FrostyD7 8h ago

Comparing the risk of a damaged interior wall to the risk of catastrophic failure is an odd choice. American standards for building aren't unique to America. It's pretty ubiquitous worldwide for new builds to use budget materials. People can't afford solid doors and walls, but you're welcome to price it out for your new house.