Crappy Construction: The Four POs of the Housepocalypse

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Suspect Bucket: Jan 15, 2012; SHRIMPDOR WAS A MAN
I mean, HE WAS A SHRIMP MAN
er, maybe also A DRAGON
or possibly
A MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM
BUT HE WAS STILL
SHRIMPDOR

FrankeeFrankFrank posted:

I have no idea how these things get built. This stuff has to pass through dozens of people before it gets to this point and no one says "Hey wait a minute?".

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# ? Nov 16, 2018 15:15

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# ? May 18, 2024 14:32

NatasDog: Feb 9, 2009

Megillah Gorilla posted:

When copy/paste architecture goes too far:

In case of fire, launch yourself into traffic.

# ? Nov 16, 2018 15:17

Facebook Aunt: Oct 4, 2008; wiggle wiggle

Megillah Gorilla posted:

When copy/paste architecture goes too far:

Oh sure you laugh now, but who will be laughing when global warming turns that city into NewVenice and those homes have walk up boat parking?

Well, nobody will be laughing then on account of all the tragedy. But still, handy boat parking!

# ? Nov 16, 2018 18:57

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; I'm meat on the hoof

This is a P.T. Barnum joke writ large.

http://www.ptbarnum.org/egress.html

# ? Nov 16, 2018 18:59

Javid: Oct 21, 2004

I guarantee the decision chain that allowed that to happen involved at least one person in a supervisory role saying "shut up and build it" without actually looking at the thing their contractor was questioning

# ? Nov 16, 2018 19:12

FrankeeFrankFrank: Apr 21, 2005; Say word son.

But there also have to be architects and engineers involved. No structural engineer questioned this when he was designing the structure to cantilever a few tons of glazed brick out over the sidewalk?

# ? Nov 16, 2018 19:20

Devor: Nov 30, 2004; Lurking more.

FrankeeFrankFrank posted:

But there also have to be architects and engineers involved. No structural engineer questioned this when he was designing the structure to cantilever a few tons of glazed brick out over the sidewalk?

I think it's artistic and clearly not meant to be functional steps

The porch/patio is railed off and functional, and seems to be segregated from the stairway/front stoop. That's obviously not how it would be designed and elevations designed if it were meant to function as a front porch alongside a front doorway.

When you hire the guy to clean the top of the concrete slab via cherry picker, you can have him clean the steps too.

# ? Nov 16, 2018 19:26

The Bloop: Jul 5, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Pigsfeet on Rye posted:

This week, on the season premier of Gentrification Wars...

# ? Nov 16, 2018 20:01

terrenblade: Oct 29, 2012

Megillah Gorilla posted:

When copy/paste architecture goes too far:

Why don't they just raise the sidewalk?

# ? Nov 16, 2018 20:11

Lemniscate Blue: Apr 21, 2006; Here we go again.

Devor posted:

I think it's artistic and clearly not meant to be functional steps

The porch/patio is railed off and functional, and seems to be segregated from the stairway/front stoop.

Well, it is now.

# ? Nov 17, 2018 01:08

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

Megillah Gorilla posted:

When copy/paste architecture goes too far:

The stairs are required for feng shui.

# ? Nov 17, 2018 04:44

Space Gopher: Jul 31, 2006; BLITHERING IDIOT AND HARDCORE DURIAN APOLOGIST. LET ME TELL YOU WHY THIS SHIT DON'T STINK EVEN THOUGH WE ALL KNOW IT DOES BECAUSE I'M SUPER CULTURED.

FrankeeFrankFrank posted:

But there also have to be architects and engineers involved. No structural engineer questioned this when he was designing the structure to cantilever a few tons of glazed brick out over the sidewalk?

Look at the shadow on the right side. It's a bent and painted panel, probably thin sheet metal. It's aesthetically questionable, but nobody ever expected those "stairs" to be used.

The brick isn't real, either.

# ? Nov 17, 2018 05:18

Chef Boyardeez Nuts: Sep 9, 2011; The more you kick against the pricks, the more you suffer.

I know its not safe or intended, but that would be some pro porch sittin'

# ? Nov 17, 2018 05:20

Attire Irony: May 5, 2009

FrankeeFrankFrank posted:

I have no idea how these things get built. This stuff has to pass through dozens of people before it gets to this point and no one says "Hey wait a minute?".

I once worked for an ad agency and we got the brief for a summer newsletter front page - �cannot include: spraying children, children being sprayed, water sprayed at children...etc�
Of course we wanted to see what exactly the gently caress happened last year that caused this- a full page of a child�s face with water being sprayed on it from out of frame.
It looked like a really weird cumshot on a child.
Of course, nobody in the approval process wants to be the person who says �it looks like somebody is jizzing on a kid� because then they get the reputation as a weirdo. So everyone approves it like �yep, perfect, no issues�.

I think this is the architecture version of that

# ? Nov 17, 2018 07:21

there wolf: Jan 11, 2015; by Fluffdaddy

Attire Irony posted:

I once worked for an ad agency and we got the brief for a summer newsletter front page - �cannot include: spraying children, children being sprayed, water sprayed at children...etc�
Of course we wanted to see what exactly the gently caress happened last year that caused this- a full page of a child�s face with water being sprayed on it from out of frame.
It looked like a really weird cumshot on a child.
Of course, nobody in the approval process wants to be the person who says �it looks like somebody is jizzing on a kid� because then they get the reputation as a weirdo. So everyone approves it like �yep, perfect, no issues�.

I think this is the architecture version of that

Maybe that's why I never got work in the creative industry. I told a classmate her proposed art piece looked like tentacle porn in an open critique. My best friend wanted my opinion on a custom engagement ring she was having made for her girlfriend, and I pointed out that from a certain angle it looked like goatsee. I can't not be honest in the approval process. But no one would have put out a cumshot picture on my oblivious, socially inept watch.

# ? Nov 17, 2018 07:53

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

Scarodactyl posted:

Someone stubbed their toe one time too many.

I'm reminded of the story about how Talleyrand was apparently terrified of falling out of bed in his sleep, so he'd have special mattresses made with a divot in the center and would wear a "helmet" of multiple nightcaps pinned together.

# ? Nov 17, 2018 08:52