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[–] paranoia 82 points 1 month ago (3 children)

both of these were designed by architects. neither reflects the twin simplicity and laziness that engineering embodies.

[–] CelloMike@lemmy.world 88 points 1 month ago (14 children)

If engineers had our way all buildings would look like this

This is the ideal building. You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like πŸ˜†

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why not continue the brick shell at least to eye level? Why does it stop at waist level?

[–] paranoia 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Brick expensive :(

panel cheap :)

[–] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The real question is, why is there any brick at all?

(The answer is almost certainly that somebody other than the engineer imposed the requirement.)

[–] AllYourSmurf@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Brick waterproof.

Brick termite-proof.

Brick fireproof.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Panel same (probably, depending what kind of panel).

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

No, panel only as waterproof as the coating protecting it. Brick is rock, takes centuries to wear out.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

...masonry wainscots look tacky-as-heck but they provide impact and moisture resistance where it's needed most...

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is masonry really cheaper than using a slightly thicker gauge of steel and a decent epoxy paint for the bottom few feet?

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 month ago

...it's far more durable, mostly...

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Dogshit R-factor, poor impact resistance, I mean that's the obvious stuff lol

Peak performance is highly dependent on who's defining it 😝

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

Brick? Pfft. Concrete elements all the way. There's no equal.

This is what's known in the Midwest as "tornado bait"

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[–] zout@fedia.io 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As an engineer, I prefer to call it minmalism.

Quick edit: I saw the typo, but it is also an example of what the sentence is supposed to convey.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Look. i's ain't cheap, and half the readers won't even use it.

Leave it out, we'll claim it was a mistake, and if anyone really complains we can add it back later.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you kidding. Just slap an extra 20% of the is you think you used on the end in case.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That's positvely genus!ii

I go with "efficiency"

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 12 points 1 month ago

hey! I resemble those remarks!

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Surely that second building is AI generated or something right? Surely physics would not allow such a monstrosity, nor would any city approve it... right?

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not sure it exists. I spent three whole minutes on Google and can't find it. I'd expect it to be fairly famous if real.

I'm not sure Y anyone would build it, but I do think we could figure a way to build it safely if someone wanted to throw enough money at it.

[–] Spezi@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

Its fictional, I found an article

[–] AnAverageSnoot@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The first building looks like it's a female connector for a high throughput cable of some kind.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Looks like a German bunker on Omaha Beach to me

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

For me it's cylons.

[–] francis_milesaway@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I believe it's in Guernsey, C.I.

ed: it's a German WW2 coastal naval range finding tower. Used for fire control of coastal guns shooting 25 miles out to sea.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Brutalist architecture in a nutshell

[–] passenger@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What buildings are these?

Can't believe no-one asked yet

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The bottom one looks scary as fuck. I don't want to be in or around that thing if it was real.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

BUT WITH THE POWER OF FLEX TAPE

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For a drainage engineer, he's shockingly bad with sluices in Timberborn, lol.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

It was those architecture beavers!

Realcivilengineer is that you?

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

They're the same picture

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