July 22, 20204 yr 4 hours ago, E Rocc said: "deformed but safe" I'd be worried that if any serious damage is detected that people will be afraid to send the news up the chain of command. And if the dam is seriously damaged at some point, I assume that they could simply release some of the water but not all to reduce stress, but I don't really know what I'm talking about.
July 22, 20204 yr if things like dams that aren't supposed to move start to move, that's a really bad sign. It's rare that this type of problem would just go away.
July 22, 20204 yr This dam was built between 1994 and 2006. My background's materials engineering, not Civ E, but I know that "Chinesium" (aka Chinese steel) was known for its poor quality then. I've heard concrete wasn't much better. I'm not a Civ E, but we did get some background in such things at Case. It amazes me that there's no arch to this design, and the changes I see do not look good. Plus, it's 2020.....
July 22, 20204 yr yep, you always have to wonder about the materials and labor in modern chinese construction. golden finance 117 tower in tianjin (1,957) -- t/o i think, but othwerwise on hold the past 3yrs
July 23, 20204 yr 7 hours ago, E Rocc said: This dam was built between 1994 and 2006. My background's materials engineering, not Civ E, but I know that "Chinesium" (aka Chinese steel) was known for its poor quality then. I've heard concrete wasn't much better. I'm not a Civ E, but we did get some background in such things at Case. It amazes me that there's no arch to this design, and the changes I see do not look good. Plus, it's 2020..... That's just a terrible stitching job by google between two sets of imagery in the 2018 set. There's no way concrete could withstand that degree of displacement without failure. This is a screenshot of the latest imagery from google earth that I just uploaded:
January 2, 20214 yr Steven Chilton Architects (SCA) just completed the Sunac Guangzhou Grand Theatre showing off a uniquely rounded structure clad in bright red with mythical Phoenix prints. The combination was meant to look like silk as Guangzhou was the ancient silk route hub and is a nod to the modern tattoo culture. And to enhance that history-meets-contemporary vibe, the design team made the twist and turns of the building resemble the luxe flowing material. more: https://www.departures.com/lifestyle/architecture/sunac-guangzhou-grand-theatre-china
January 2, 20214 yr more via departures -- Architecture studios B+H Architects, 3XN, and Zhubo Design just released images of what they called "Delta." The project, which won a competition, will be built in the Yanzi Lake area of Shenzhen's Pingshan District. It's there where you'll find a landscape filled with marshes and winding waterways.
January 11, 20214 yr train station in a forest in jiaxing Chinese architecture studio MAD has revealed its design for Train Station in the Forest in Jiaxing, China, which will see the studio rebuild a historical railway station and complement it with a new underground terminal. Cajsa Carlson | 8 January 2021 | 7 comments more: https://www.dezeen.com/2021/01/08/mad-train-station-in-the-forest-jiaxing-china/
January 11, 20214 yr 5 hours ago, mrnyc said: train station in a forest in jiaxing Chinese architecture studio MAD has revealed its design for Train Station in the Forest in Jiaxing, China, which will see the studio rebuild a historical railway station and complement it with a new underground terminal. Cajsa Carlson | 8 January 2021 | 7 comments more: https://www.dezeen.com/2021/01/08/mad-train-station-in-the-forest-jiaxing-china/ That’s beautiful
January 12, 20214 yr yeah and per the article its way more elaborate than it looks with events, shoping, parking, tram, metro, etc.. i liked the big idea that is going into it: "Rather than this pursuit of grand, monumental architecture, is it possible for urban train stations to create their own beautiful environment, with comfortable scales, and a blend of transport and urban functions that are both efficient and humane?"
January 19, 20214 yr wow! hadid's shenzen tower c Zaha Hadid's Tower C Brings a Futuristic Addition to Shenzhen's Skyline Becoming a centerpiece for the Greater Bay Area in China’s Guangdong province. more: https://hypebeast.com/2021/1/zaha-hadid-tower-c-china-shenzhen-greater-bay-area https://mymodernmet.com/zaha-hadid-architects-tower-c-shenzhen-bay/
July 18, 20213 yr "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 19, 20213 yr yowza -- hadid architect's mega atrium beijing tower is now open to the public. Zaha Hadid Architects' Beijing Tower To Feature World's Largest Atrium 16 February 2017 By Eleanor Gibson Construction is well underway on a 207-metre skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects in Beijing, which will feature a huge twisting atrium that is expected to be the world's tallest. Located in the Lize Financial Business District – a new business, residential and transport hub in southwest Beijing – the 46-storey Leeza Soho will feature a mix of offices and shops. - The tower is split into two halves by the subway and connected by a huge central atrium. As it rises, the atrium twists at 45 degrees to orientate the higher floors with the east-west axis of Lize Road – one of west Beijing's main streets. Once completed, the 190-metre-high void is expected to be world's highest – a title currently held by the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai. The shape of the atrium creates convex openings that run up either side of the tower to allow for plenty of natural light and views of the city from the centre of each floor. Walkways will bridge the cavity at different levels, while a glass facade will encase the two halves of the tower in a single cohesive envelope. - The glazing will be double insulated and as each glass each pane steps up it is angled to aid ventilation. The intention is to help maintain a comfortable indoor climate in Beijing's weather conditions, which ranges from extremes of warmth and cold. A public space connecting with the interchange below will occupy the atrium on the lowest level, leading on from the outdoor public plaza that surrounds the tower. There will also be space to park 2,680 bicycles, with lockers and shower facilities also provided. Dedicated charging spaces for electric or hybrid cars are located below ground. Construction of Leeza Soho is to reach its full height of 207 metres in September this year, with the tower's completion slated for late 2018. more: https://www.dezeen.com/2017/02/16/leeza-soho-zaha-hadid-architects-beijing-tower-worlds-largest-atrium-architecture-china/
December 22, 20213 yr "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 22, 20213 yr ^ how funny -- what a sight that is! wait, isn't there an elevator test facility like that in a cornfield down between dayton and cinci? or was?
December 22, 20213 yr There is an elevator test facility in a forest between Dayton and Cincinnati near Lebanon but I don't know of any near any cornfields. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 22, 20213 yr 29 minutes ago, mrnyc said: ^ how funny -- what a sight that is! wait, isn't there an elevator test facility like that in a cornfield down between dayton and cinci? or was? Yep. Like one exit north of Kings Island on 71. I think that's the US42/Lebanon Ohio exit.
December 22, 20213 yr 30 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: There is an elevator test facility in a forest between Dayton and Cincinnati near Lebanon but I don't know of any near any cornfields. pick'em -- 60-40 corn/grass to trees 😂 https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3898677,-84.2277464,1761m/data=!3m1!1e3
January 19, 20232 yr We started ordering containers from China again, after a 2~ year hiatus. If you ever wondered what it looks like when bulk materials are unpacked from a shipping container, here you go. We have a mix of English, the Arabic numerals used by Europeans, Chinese, plus a parentheses around a Chinese character. The top-left parenthetical seems redundant.
January 19, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, Lazarus said: We started ordering containers from China again, after a 2~ year hiatus. If you ever wondered what it looks like when bulk materials are unpacked from a shipping container, here you go. We have a mix of English, the Arabic numerals used by Europeans, Chinese, plus a parentheses around a Chinese character. The top-left parenthetical seems redundant. The top left parenthetical, I assume you are referring to 订单号, means “Order Number”, so not sure how that’s redundant. It’s (basically) a translation of the English just like all the other instances of Chinese on that form.
January 19, 20232 yr ^My point was that we can already infer that it's the Chinese translation of Purchase Order since...it's written in Chinese. They didn't use a parentheses for the same purpose elsewhere on the label. On the right-hand side, a parentheses is used for a completely different purpose. And if it literally says "order number", that's not good, or at least not how Americans do things, since we always differentiate between a Purchase Order and a Sales Order. Just "order" can mean sales order, whereas "P.O." means purchase order. Nobody really says "S.O." as an abbreviation for Sales Order as a mirror to P.O.
February 13, 20232 yr chengdu panda tower 489M/1604' is u/c recent -- via zwamborn from december -- via ed500 via Khale_Xi
September 28, 20231 yr this is tofu dreg construction — 🙀 https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwPSZacIiSU/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
December 8, 20231 yr new tencent hq is u/c — Style / Architecture ‘Headquarters of the future’: Plans for Chinese tech firm Tencent’s vast new campus unveiled By Oscar Holland, CNN 4 minute read Published 3:00 AM EST, Thu December 7, 2023 CNN — The architects behind Chinese tech giant Tencent’s vast new campus unveiled their plans for the site on Thursday, describing their helix-inspired centerpiece as the “headquarters of the future.” Set to accomodate over 23,000 employees across nearly 500,000 square meters (5.38 million square feet), the campus will be almost twice the size of Apple’s California headquarters when it opens in five years’ time. more: https://www.cnn.com/style/china-tencent-helix-shenzhen-ole-scheeren/index.html Tencent's new headquarters, Tencent Helix, will accomodate over 23,000 of the tech firm's employees from 2028.
January 11, 20241 yr wow — If only our home libraries looked this fabulous. The Zhongshuge bookstore in Huai'an, China, designed by X+Living, comprises a futuristic, gravity-defying structure that is a physical manifestation of what it feels like to be lost in a captivating book. (photos by SFAP, courtesy X+Living)
March 11, 20241 yr whoa driving shenzen at night — 🙀 https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4FtTikv49O/?igsh=Y2QxYzQ4OWJ4NWFw
May 27, 20241 yr the sushou tetris building — 👾 https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7ElUVsoBpq/?igsh=MTBwYzcyOGt5em1kag==
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