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Auckland’s aversion to apartment buildings seems to be justified: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/342461/high-rises-in-auckland-wellington-fail-quake-sta

by moomin 9y ago

Auckland’s aversion to apartment buildings seems to be justified: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/342461/high-rises-in-auckland-wellington-fail-quake-standards http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/342461/high-rises-in-... As an aside, bear in mind that, due to the quirks of New Zealand law, it doesn’t apply to Australians. But yeah, it’s a dumb rule likely to create immigrant enclaves. And that never ends well.

masklinn 9y ago
"apartment building" != "high rise". Japanese zoning (which you'd expect to be quite concerned about quake standards) does not distinguish single-occupancy houses and apartment buildings, as a result non-central urban residential zones have a significant mix of houses and apartment buildings of 2~4 floors and 4~10 flats/floor e.g. this is a typical apartment building on the outskirts of Tokyo City: https://www.google.be/maps/@35.6352621,139.6260533,3a,75y,206.11h,100.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEWKRjkMIAUjD1x_FoTKjVg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.be/maps/@35.6352621,139.6260533,3a,75y,20... In much the same way, "inner-city" parisian appartment buildings mostly follow the Haussmannian standard of 5 floors.