How to gracefully collapse a building



    by Doodlebug510

    27 Comments

    1. I guess that’s not possible with every building. This is possibly an earthquake save building and therefore has a special construction. 

    2. Smart-Response9881 on

      Why not start at the top instead of the bottom? It feels like the equivalent of building scaffolding so you can start building a building by putting up the roof.

    3. Smilessaroundx on

      **Yep, that’s some textbook demolition work clean, controlled, and honestly kinda impressive to watch.**

    4. 0nlyhalfjewish on

      I’m imagining those ultra skinny skyscrapers in manhattan will soon come down in a similar fashion.

    5. witnessed this over the course of a few business trips to Japan. The World Trade Centre near Tokyo Tower was demolished this way… over the course of approximately 16 months. One trip i had coffee in one of the shops and visited the top observation deck, next trip, building was 20 stories shorter, last trip, it was all but gone!

    6. Normal-Difference230 on

      There are faster ways to bring down tall buildings, like you can honestly do it in about 56 to 102 minutes.

    7. Wouldn’t it be easier to just build a polyethylene tank around the thing, fill it with acid, and just dissolve the whole building?

      You’re welcome. 

    8. Now why couldn’t Bin Laden have used this approach? Far less messy and hazardous to the environment

    9. Sudden-Advance-5858 on

      A bit more? Lmao that’s gotta take at least 10x the time I’d wager it costs at least that much more

    10. Japan is a really seismic country. The engineering must be amazing to be able to account for that to approve the plans.

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