[HN Gopher] Ancient architecture that defies earthquakes
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       Ancient architecture that defies earthquakes
        
       Author : dnetesn
       Score  : 72 points
       Date   : 2023-04-29 12:54 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
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       | dbs wrote:
       | Some of the few buildings that resisted the Lisbon's 1755
       | earthquake had a wooden cage structure.
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaiola_(construction)
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       | Reconstruction _immediately_ after the earthquake saw a
       | generalised adoption of this type of architecture.
        
         | dv_dt wrote:
         | Seems like a wooden precursor to rebar now.
        
         | traveler01 wrote:
         | Yeah only then. Nowadays the city has basically no anti sismic
         | construction so Lisbon is just a city waiting to be destroyed
         | by a similar earthquake.
         | 
         | Maybe will happen to be that old constructions will survive
         | while new ones wont...
        
       | 29athrowaway wrote:
       | Mass damping in trees is interesting too.
        
       | b1ue64 wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/r4nW5
        
       | jmclnx wrote:
       | >Despite centuries of visible evidence of these traditional
       | structures' soundness, people have turned more and more to
       | reinforced concrete construction
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       | More then likely due to cost, throughout history and even now,
       | lives have always been cheaper than Items.
        
         | seizethecheese wrote:
         | The way this tradeoff is managed in practice, in the US, is by
         | valuing each life at about $10mm.
         | 
         | I think what you say is wrong outside of highly corrupt places.
        
         | marcosdumay wrote:
         | > lives have always been cheaper than Items
         | 
         | You know, reinforced concrete can withstand earthquakes quite
         | well too. And in a predictable way. Good luck predicting how
         | sound your wood construction is after the first earthquake.
        
       | hourago wrote:
       | It reminds me of the video "Sand Castle Holds Up A Car! -
       | Mechanically Stabilized Earth"
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       | - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0olpSN6_TCc
        
         | agumonkey wrote:
         | First thing that came to mind :)
        
         | mxuribe wrote:
         | That video was amazing!!! Thanks for sharing!
        
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