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On the whole they may be better built, but the same design in steel would likely not have failed? I guess that’s what they’re going for when they say aesthetic
by Aeolun 3y ago
On the whole they may be better built, but the same design in steel would likely not have failed?
I guess that’s what they’re going for when they say aesthetics had too much of a focus?
- ajross 3y ago> On the whole they may be better built, but the same design in steel would likely not have failed? I don't see how that follows? Lots of steel bridges have failed over the past 130 years. The overwhelming majority of new-built bridges or any material don't fail. People really, really want this to be about "aesthetics" because it confirms their priors about being smarter than the rest of the world or whatever. I'm just saying that's 100% bunk and that there's zero evidence for that hypothesis. Architecture has had a "strong focus on aesthetics" since the very first stones were piled up to make a temple. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.
- loeg 3y agoAnother recent example that isn't wood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_International_University_pedestrian_bridge_collapse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_International_Universi...
- gpderetta 3y agoAnother famous one: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Ponte_Morandi_collapse https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Ponte_Morandi_collapse