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).
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.
How to damage the integrity of your structure
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).
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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🌳
It’s Japan. They’ll just knock it down and start from scratch in 10 years anyway.
Being Japan, the plants might stitch it together for an extra 5 years.
It’s Japan - those plants started growing in the late 1970s. It’s probably the only thing holding the house together at this point.