How to make any building look better and feel nicer. Add plants.
How to make any building look better and feel nicer. Add plants.
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How to damage the integrity of your structure
It's Japan. They'll just knock it down and start from scratch in 10 years anyway.
It's Japan - those plants started growing in the late 1970s. It's probably the only thing holding the house together at this point.
Being Japan, the plants might stitch it together for an extra 5 years.
What if you didn’t have any integrity to start with?
I see you've met my ex. Hasn't everyone though?
Well, you're not wrong. Earthquakes tend to dampen real-estate-as-investment.
Looks like they're using a combination of metal and bamboo scaffolding to help support everything. I had the same initial worry, but it might be fine. A reverse image search didn't immediately turn up the same building. If it's in Tokyo, I wanted to walk by and see for myself (though I don't think I'd take picture; that feels a bit creepy).
Do you say this because of the extra weight? Vines/roots damaging stuff? Just curious
Climbing vines like that have a tendency to tear into cracks in whatever they're climbing, increasing water ingress. They also tear off the protective layering on brick/concrete walls.
Looks hella dope though🌳