Yet another example of some rather extreme architecture, this time found in China. Though the building itself looks relatively sound, one has to wonder what kind of nuisances are present from living so close to the highway, though there is a more pressing question raised by the building’s construction…
Just which was built first to secure this overhang, the apartment or the highway? In either case we have to wonder what was going through the minds of the architects involved.
Via Heaven, original Chinese source here.
at least, if you can park just outside, it’s pretty convenient. Jump from the terrace into your car.
I’d still take this over the NIMBY attitude that most Americans have — they’d rather let any potential for efficiency and economic growth choke in traffic congestion. They’d also rather let people die in crashes at overcapacity interchanges (cf. the I-95/395/495 “Springfield Interchange” south of Washington DC) than give up a few feet of driveway/lawn or have their precious aesthetic views encroached upon.
I wonder if the highway was there first or the building. xp
Lmao, i dont want to imagine if someone sits on the balcony and a big truck just crashes right through it, i bet the building would collapse.
Japanese building: freeresearcher.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/gate_tower.jpg