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The Tallest Atrium (2019)

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The insanity of what's made possible with CAD and CNC for manufacturing is incredible.

Effectively these are two towers that twist/spiral around each other, a double helix. I think the sky walks double a structural braces between the two sides.

The structural engineers will have had fun!

> I think the sky walks double a structural braces between the two sides

From one of the image captions: "The skybridges located at floors 13, 24, 35, and 45 are steel trusses that are integral components in the tower's structural system"

All this attention to detail and they still have a 13th floor!

They are Chinese. If anything, they would avoid a fourth floor. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerology

It says the rational[e] for the atrium like that was that there is a subway line beneath. I’m not certain a subway line underneath necessitates the building above ground expressing that bisection.

One they could have hidden the compensating structure underground or two they could have moved the building a few meters one way or the other to avoid bisection altogether, so to me it seems more like a perfect excuse to realize some fanciful architecture.

It’s not as if we don’t build buildings over busy roadways or subway lines elsewhere.

It is a beautiful building in isolation, but the city around it seems quite ugly and unpleasant to walk around.

What a beautiful building, and beautifully presented in the article. I'm getting envious.

is this anti-urbanism? If your masterpiece is in China or Russia in the middle of trash does it even exist?

Oh wow, shitting on the whole countries… that is some class right there.

China has some pretty decent cities.

Many of them much more walkable and bikeable than the vast majority of the US and Canada. (Admittedly, that's a low standard.)

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