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Originally Posted by osirisboy
Why can't they have larger floorplates?!
I don't mind the spandrel on this. Though I'm kinda screwed up. I Think I'm happy with anything as long as it's not seafoam
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IIRC, the larger the building, the larger the floorplate has to be, and thus the thicker the concrete support superstructure has to be (and longer it takes to cure.) So if they had to remove 10 floors , it likely moved the support structures around so that there would be less support structures taking up floor space in the units.
In designs of buildings, hallways/corridors are wasted space. Curved walls are risky because Concave walls have higher wind resistance. (If all buildings were to be perfectly earthquake/wind-resistant, and space-efficient they would all be geodesic dome's like Science World's dome, because they don't require floor supports.) But Domes are not efficient uses of ground-area. The taller a building is, the more it bends in the wind, which then requires
dampening.
One Wall Center is 48 stories, and has one. So it's probably safe to make the assumption that anything taller than One Wall Center would also need one, increasing excavation costs.
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