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Crazy building places too much trust in physics
Due to the highly regulated building environment in Singapore, developers are forced to get creative when they want to cram as many apartments as possible into a building. Case in point: check this insane apartment building out, due to be built in the near future.
Built by surrounding one central tower with four additional attached towers, I'm not sure how comfortable I would be sleeping in this thing every night. But despite my reservations, something tells me they won't have too much trouble selling the 68 high-end units, seeing people love to live in insane, iconic buildings such as this. It's all yours, Singapore.
World Architecture News, via Boing Boing
By BillDrew at 1:35 PM ON 03/26/07
Wait until the first earthquake!
By UrbanPug at 11:53 PM ON 03/26/07
Looks cool. Reminds me of the same thing here in the states. Similar thing happened (see damninteresting.com)
By IamWhoIam at 1:23 AM ON 03/27/07
Physics is not something you "trust" in. Physics is the rules that govern the world we live in.
Physics is.
Whether the building survives a quake depends on whether the designers/engineers knew their physics well and if they did a good job analyzing all the information correctly to see if, based on physics, the structure will survive.
By djcoolmax at 2:44 AM ON 03/27/07
obviously, you haven't been to Singapore or know Singapore to comment about earthquakes.
By nmc015 at 2:52 AM ON 03/27/07
IamWhoIam said: "Whether the building survives a quake depends on whether the designers/engineers knew their physics well and if they did a good job analyzing all the information correctly to see if, based on physics, the structure will survive."
Oh, yeah, and I'm sure the engineers in Kobe, Japan knew all about their physics, also. I don't see how that helped them.
By samssf at 10:56 AM ON 03/27/07
Great article; but like stated above, the title is incorrect since physics is composed of laws which cannot be broken (not on this planet at least). Perhaps the architects put too much trust in their ability to predict the force of a large magnitude earthquake, but physics is always something you can rely on to remain constant.
By coupland at 11:35 AM ON 03/27/07
Waitaminnit. If you think trusting in physics is folly then how, pray tell, are we to decide what is safe building design and what is not? Psychic Friends Network? I'll stick with physics, thank-you.
By tstanley at 11:24 AM ON 03/28/07
Is this not a "Science" blog... Trust in Physics... Am I missing something? Do you "trust" gravity... This is a very basic design made to look extravagant by moving the lower floors off the ground. There are a several building in both Vancouver and Seattle that are based on the same architectural / mechanical principles. It is actually an anti-earthquake design... I will refrain from further comment.
By wizzie at 11:59 PM ON 05/28/08
I don't understand ... this is the second article in as many minutes from "Adam Frucci" how in the world does this character get to be a contributor for articles here on DVICE?
Nothing personal, but, I want your job!
Where do I apply?
By crynge at 4:00 AM ON 10/30/08
not very smart are you? the point is there are no natural disasters that affect Singapore.
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