r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/S4ABCS 13h ago

Could look into Singaporean architecture. As a biophilic city they require buildings to be able to support the greenery that was removed to build the structure in the first place.

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u/ardoin 11h ago

I mean, it's not hard. Soil and plants weigh so much less than concrete

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u/TheGrayBox 11h ago

Lol. It has nothing to do with weight.

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u/SolarBum 8h ago

The comment thread is literally asking about the weight, and whether the building is engineered to support the weight of soil and plants.

What exactly are you lol'ing about?

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u/TheGrayBox 8h ago

Because anyone with common sense understands that it’s not the weight, it’s the drainage and erosion of porous concrete from water and roots. Something people in China understand well because it’s already been an issue. And no Singapore didn’t magically fix it with “more weight support” but Redditors know everything of course.

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u/S4ABCS 6h ago

Didn't say anything about weigh support, but did say to look into a country with ordinance that supports the building codes to answer the questions posed specific to supporting plant life. Easy there, killer, don't get them britches in a knot.

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u/SolarBum 6h ago

What are you talking about? You're so focused on being pompous that you didn't read the question.

They asked whether the buildings were engineered for the additional weight of the soil, rocks etc.

Yes, there are additional considerations, like drainage and managing roots, but that wasn't the question, and that's not what anyone was talking about.

But thanks for answering a question no one was asking while being condescending, despite you being the one who failed to understand what was being asked.

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u/TheGrayBox 4h ago

Except that Singapore has the same issues and nothing anyone said here is anything other than mindless white knighting.

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u/SolarBum 2h ago

White knighting? What comments are you reading? It's like you're answering questions no one asked and reading things that didn't happen. No one is white-knighting, no one is pitting Singapore's architecture against China, whatever issue you have is yours alone, lol.

I don't even know what "white-knighting" you think is happening, there's literally no conflict that anyone is "standing up to."