How to build high rise apartment buildings. Seriously, the Chinese do this better than almost anyone in the world. Hong Kong is the world’s most vertical city.
One Chinese company built a 57 story apartment building in 2 weeks using pre-fabricated parts. (And no, this wasn’t a structurally defective building.)
While some of these have had problems related to rushed construction, those problems are generally finish work, not structure or design.
The Chinese are absolute masters of building high rises that function well, provide the maximum light and air circulation, they are oriented the right direction and generally give people the best living space possible under the circumstances.
If you’re going to live in a high rise, Chinese designed is the way to go.
Edit: There are a lot of comments about how it sucks to live in high rises and how ugly they are. I’m sure it’s not as nice as a suburban home with a two car garage and a yard in the front and back.
But it’s way better than having a huge homeless problem like we do in California, or having a massive slum made up of scrap metal. China is housing damned near everybody and that is no small feat in a country with a quarter of the world’s population.
Give China some credit here for solving one of the most difficult social problems a society can face. It might not be pretty, but it sure as shit beats the alternatives.