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Building with concrete to knock down in 10-20 years is actual madness.
by RosanaAnaDana 5y ago
Building with concrete to knock down in 10-20 years is actual madness.
- magicsmoke 5y agoThere's a kind of twisted logic to it. If your construction techniques are constantly improving and the high volume of construction incentivizes you to develop more cost efficient construction technologies, then planned obsolescence of buildings is like planned obsolescence of phones. Build soviet block apartments, knock down in 20 years, replace with prefab building compartments with wiring and plumbing built in at the factory. Then export the prefab technology worldwide to take advantage of the infrastructure boom in other developing countries. Isn't build fast, break fast, and learn fast the whole silicon valley ethos?
- brandmeyer 5y agoOn the other hand, building with an eye to increase density in a couple of decades looks like smart planning for growth.
- baybal2 5y agoNot so. Most of "knockdown 10 year old building, and rebuild" are done for very expensive, luxury developments with much lower density. Think of 2-4 mansion apartments per floor. Nothing else would've made economic sense. In comparison, the densest tower I seen in China had whooping 24 apartments per floor.