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[–] paranoia@feddit.dk 82 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] paranoia@feddit.dk 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Brick expensive :(

panel cheap :)

[–] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Brick waterproof.

Brick termite-proof.

Brick fireproof.

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

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

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

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

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

That's positvely genus!ii

I go with "efficiency"

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 12 points 3 weeks ago

hey! I resemble those remarks!

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

Its fictional, I found an article

[–] AnAverageSnoot@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Looks like a German bunker on Omaha Beach to me

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

For me it's cylons.

[–] francis_milesaway@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

Brutalist architecture in a nutshell

[–] passenger@lemm.ee 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

What buildings are these?

Can't believe no-one asked yet

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

BUT WITH THE POWER OF FLEX TAPE

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

It was those architecture beavers!

Realcivilengineer is that you?

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

They're the same picture

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