This is the coolest building ever.

fundulate · 8 months

Inefficient use of space

WastingMyYouthHere · 8 months

Civil engineering student here. I think we can safely assume it's not real, based on these points:
1) This building would be extremely inefficient. Usage of space, function, building cost.. it's all off.
2) There is no real structure support. A structure like that would have to be supported on the sides, as there is no other way. The span is about 12 meters which is quite a lot for a horizontal support system. But the real issue here is that you can't really use the 2 neighboring buildings, since they are historical brick buildings and they don't really have that much spare capacity in their design and you can't just jam another construction between them. (Not just because of the bearing capacity alone but also because it would be almost impossible to incorporate such thing into already standing brick structures.)
3) You would have to bribe a lot of people to get the permission to build a monster like this in an obviously historical area.

4) This is a website of the artist who made the picture.
There are also pictures like this or this which are definitely not real.
5) ???
6) Profit

littleimp · 8 months

This is a really dumb way to use the space. If you did it the other way around everyone would have more sun.

ajamess · 8 months

I like this one, in Seattle (full disclosure - link is to a picture I took the other night).

ForgottenPhoenix · 8 months

Fucking contractors! Using cheap concrete...

nodnodwinkwink · 8 months

Clearly a fake.

Also, the person who parked the car second from the left (fiat punto?) is an asshole.

Xestas · 8 months

And I guess the windows on the first and second floor are for show. Seeing as they will get no sunlight at all...

fuggerdug · 8 months

That is the dumbest piece of architecture I've ever seen, so dumb I can't believe it is real. Is it an art installation/photoshop?

loki010 · 8 months

I can hear Edith Piaf playing really slowly.

vchip · 8 months

No. It isn't. This sucks hard.

Lukeus_Maximus · 8 months

Clearly this is one of those new-fangled upside-down stair blocks from Minecraft.

SavingFerris · 8 months

This is the worstest building ever.

apator · 8 months

The historic buildings have 5 stories while the abstract one 7.

Why wouldn't cars park in the courtyard and on the street instead?

No structural support.

wheatfields · 8 months

Yeah super cool,.... as long as you are living on the top floor. Otherwise you just get an increasingly more cramped apartment that gets little to no direct sunlight because of some damn building designer wanting to make a name for himself.

[deleted] · 8 months

Looks ugly
Lower apartments have no sunlight except for maybe a few hours a day.
Lots of waster space.

This is a "we did it to see if we could" thing. Not that cool.

crassnlewd · 8 months

I'm going to go ahead and call shenanigans.

j1mb0 · 8 months

As a civil engineering major, that looks like the kind of thing I would get as a test question.

rushex · 8 months

No, it's not. It looks kinda stupid. I guess I am just a country hick and I don't get this particular form of architectural ass-holiness. My bad.

anonymous123421 · 8 months

FIXED

ioNNNic · 8 months

why wouldn't they make it the reverse so everyone gets a private sunny balcony, instead of everyone getting a covered window..

Johann_Seabass · 8 months

Yeah, except if it went the other way, those apartments would get light. And not cost so much to rent b/c the building would have been built with respect to natural forces. Other than that, it's a fucking awesome idea and I think more buildings should be built solely on the principal of fucking awesome ideas.

lxcoon · 8 months

Why aren't the cars parked in there? Or even like a basketball court? It's a waste of space inside a waste of space.

OlallaOldMan · 8 months

I agree, it is not an efficient use of space and it does not provide the lower levels with views of the sky or sunshine.

synicalx1 · 8 months

Possibly the world stupidest building, how the hell do you get into the rooms on the top 2 floors? Are there giant steps on the back of the building or something?

gnarlysaurus · 8 months

Because lower level guests don't deserve to look up.

shebillah · 8 months

Not really... all the floors except the top get no sun. I don't really like it when architecture looses functionality when it became art. I think that a cleverly efficient building is much more beautiful.

IH_vai · 8 months

not if you live anywhere below the top floor. shade, shade everywhere.

heartofcoal · 8 months

Coolest as in never sees the light of day.

ig_88 · 8 months

Not so cool for anyone who lives below the top floor, they can't see the sky out of their window.

Altru · 8 months

Reminds me of the inside of the Luoxor. This place is cool, it has diagonal elevators!

cao-ni-ma · 8 months

This is not a real building, but a manipulated photo (by the photographer himself).

Source: http://www.dezeen.com/2012/02/25/city-portraits-by-victor-enrich/

Waterboarded_when8 · 8 months

I also question whether this creates excessive strain on the structures connected to it.

http://www.damncoolpictures.com/2009/07/waldspirale-wooded-spiral-of-darmstadt.html

Much cooler crazy building.

feor1300 · 8 months

I dunno if its real or not, but if I lived there I would totally nail my door shut and install a rope ladder and pulley->basket system for getting in & out.

shroomtat · 8 months

I feel so uncomfortable looking at that

ocsave · 8 months

Brace yourselves, the [fixed] posts are coming

N4M3 · 8 months

It appears the laymen wants to see terrible design.

russman2500 · 8 months

So I assume no elevators? Since its a building of upside down stairs.

[deleted] · 8 months

I came here to complain about the disasterous use of space.

Complaint filed.

RaoulDuke44 · 8 months

Yea, but that guy on the left parks like a dick.

RsonW · 8 months

Am I the only one who thinks it's an illusion? Or am I just high?

r4ygun · 8 months

How can you actually think that's the coolest building ever? Whoever designed is retarded. Anyone that lives there that is no on the top floor might as well live in a cave.

DMacK12 · 8 months

Anyone else see the fuckjob of a parking attempt in the lower left?

lazyant · 8 months

if it was real: ugly as fuck, waste of space, ugly side walls exposed, no light getting into lower balconies...

moarbutterythantoast · 8 months

Live 2nd floor --> get zero sunlight on balcony

appi · 8 months

I'm clearly not an architect; is that structurally stable? Also seems like everyone not on the top floor would fucking hate living there.

iHeartCoolStuff · 8 months

how it no fall over?

Kukuzunumu · 8 months

how is this even structurally possible???

DarcyHart · 8 months

I would hate to live there.

didshereallysaythat · 8 months

Yes, lets design a building in which all of the tenants get no sunlight.

langleypeterson · 8 months

If this were real, it would be cool, and attract a lot of people.

themightybaron · 8 months

LOL ya if you hate the sun and good use of space. This is idiocy in architect form.

miklaen · 8 months

Zoom in and scroll up and down really fast

Nesquik41393 · 8 months

why are the cars parked like it's GTA IV?

expedient · 8 months

Pretty cool, but I'm kinda partial to Habitat 67.

cannotlogon · 8 months

I think that building was constructed on the underside of a soccer stadium.

medicineboy · 8 months

This way, everyone has the chance to land a loogie bomb on oblivious pedestrians!

daywalker1882 · 8 months

Cool, but why...?

[deleted] · 8 months

It's the reddit equivalent of a novelty account. Interesting but not really useful.

thefloppydog · 8 months

I'd love to meet the engineer that approved of it.

Radico87 · 8 months

It's as though they had a decent building plan, but made it upside down and backwards.

madgeezer128 · 8 months

i dunno .... it looks pretty shady to me

thegadd · 8 months

This isn't a real building. Sorry guys. It's a piece of architectural photography manipulated by the photographer. He does some pretty awesome work. Check it out here!

Everseer · 8 months

This is a terrible idea. I would rather live in a much bigger apartment than one that just looks cool on the outside, but is smaller.

knowone572 · 8 months

The coolest part is when I scroll up and down repeatedly.

haute_mua · 8 months

It's actually the dumbest building ever. What a waste of space and sunlight.

OhhhBaxter · 8 months

My head is full of fuck

xVictor · 8 months

In Soviet Russia...

SarkastikAmbassador · 8 months

Minecraft Shaft.

FBoaz · 8 months

Kinda freaky, I like it!

cleofis · 8 months

these balls; i'm tripping them.

epheterson · 8 months

Where is this?

KingKaizer · 8 months

BUILDING-CEPTION

[deleted] · 8 months

My engineer friend says this is quite possible

strongestdad · 8 months

Makes me kinda dizzy

BaqAttaq · 8 months

So what's the space at the bottom for? Their parking?

Plazmotech · 8 months

MIND FUCK

CSG22 · 8 months

Is it bad that my first thought was that this would be fun to throw up from?

Its_Osk · 8 months

Yes... yes.. But is it zombie proof?

nezzet · 8 months

Looks like the rooms are... half off.

DuckHunter101 · 8 months

Someone please say they stared at one floor and then scrolled down the page??? Fucking epic.

DrunkmanDoodoo · 8 months

I like how every other reply is an engineer telling us why it is inefficient. We get it engineers! Now go back to TF2 where you belong.

BrkIt · 8 months

Minecraft?

What texturepack is this guy using?

InterPunct · 8 months

As an American, I'm super impressed there just happens to be a fucking statue atop the building to the left.

[deleted] · 8 months

Oh god. I must be drawing my quads clockwise.

danceswithknives · 8 months

Where is this? The cars and the adjacent building say Europe to me.

Foxdude28 · 8 months

Of all time.

sean_sucks · 8 months

i see everyone is putting the new upside down stairs to use!

irs320 · 8 months

poor functionality

InceptionGuy · 8 months

Hey that's my apartment building!

[deleted] · 8 months

Is this a building or another one of those stupid 3D graffiti posts? Seems like there must be a festival going on somewhere.

NotCranky · 8 months

JENGA!

ikurumba · 8 months

This is NOT the coolest building ever...

fghtoffyrdmns · 8 months

So many hatchbacks.

WodniwTnuocsid · 8 months

I like the un-building.

In Jersey City they'd park cars under it. Just like they ripped up their front lawns to do so.

okaythisisit · 8 months

This is a digital illustration by Victor Enrich.. more about him here.

ihavebeetus · 8 months

So it is pushed back right? And i'm not retarded at seeing things?

cometcatcher5 · 8 months

As a structural engineer, I will not be able to sleep tonight....

DaffyMalYinkleYankle · 8 months

It would be great if they grew grass in the front yard, maybe planted a tree.

cloutierseb · 8 months

The art of wasting space...

The_Freshington · 8 months

Well, you don't have any bitchy downstairs neighbors..

baileymj · 8 months

This had me speechless for a solid 10 minutes as I was trying to figure out the structuring behind it. Y'all got me good.

ping2185 · 8 months

Modern Architecture, you classy as fuck!

naossoan · 8 months

first thing that came to mind when I saw that picture "da fuq?"

Zen1 · 8 months

Looks real earthquake-ready

goldenrod · 8 months

This has to be shopped.

langballs · 8 months

It's the silver Punto parked arse-ways that bothers me.

overtheedge79 · 8 months

It's not cool it's dumb. The top floor steals all the sunlight. I don't see why anyone would want to live there.

jetmark · 8 months

Spanish photographer Victor Enrich has manipulated his own architectural photography to create impossible and fantastical structures

matissegill · 8 months

"falls foward"

JMaggot · 8 months

Wrong.

orangeapple89 · 8 months

From the other side, everyone would get their own terrace plus the sun wouldn't be blocked out the apparent above you.

reversekarma · 8 months

No sun ever? That's be horrible!

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