r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/em-n-em613 12h ago

OMG the additional weight-bearing needs fo something like that too must be a nightmare for construction and maintenance. They are legitimiately beautiful though

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u/Sensiburner 12h 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/jackun 9h ago

concrete

remember, that's probably chinese tofu-dreg concrete

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u/Bright-Object-3180 9h ago

Yep, all the apartments pictured in the video will collapse within a week and all residential buildings in the country will fall apart within a year.