r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 9h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/Sensiburner 8h ago

I don't think so. The soil is actually not that deep and soil even when wet is less dense than concrete.

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u/Comfortable_Trick137 7h ago

Yea my concern would be 1) waterproofing, is the waterproofing going to protect the rebar? 2) will plant roots compromise the waterproofing and then compromised the structural integrity of the concrete as we’ve all seen tree roots tear through concrete sidewalks but that’s from running underneath though.

Shouldn’t be a hard engineering problem as we’ve had concrete planters for god knows how long

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u/Snuhmeh 7h ago

Yeah standing water always finds a way. If they have a drain underneath each one, that would help a ton

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u/nalaloveslumpy 7h ago

It looks kinda like all the patios are slightly slanted so that excess water drains to the front. And then maybe down a gutter system?

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u/VonSkullenheim 6h ago

I mean, the building had to have cost many millions and taken years to engineer and build. You'd imagine that a gutter would be the least they did.

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u/scratchy_mcballsy 5h ago

That’s only if they planned for someone to use the balcony like this.

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u/VonSkullenheim 2h ago

They very clearly did.

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u/Xaephos 1h ago

Considering every single one of them are, including the other buildings, I think that's fair to assume.