So just one cable was detached? 5 cables on the windward side and just one cable caused it to go critical?

that title is so threatening

I wish I was an architecture nerd, I would love this. But as a filthy casual I thought the "why Melbourne cancelled their biggest tower" would be more about.. I guess that and the project management, but the description of the physics was a little too dense for me to enjoy. Still, Its clear the amount of work that went into this, so nicely done!!

Hey mate, I work as a structural engineer here in Australia. Your explanations for how these systems work (PT decks, shear cores etc) are pretty much bang on. Do you happen to work in industry?

This is fantastic. Can't believe the quality of it. Did you study 3D graphics/design or videomaking prior to starting this youtube channel? Do you run another channel?

No one has ever seen it? Who was doing the repair works?

In hindsight it seems pretty obvious that these proposals are pretty unrealistic.

Tere is a laddder in it Imagine having to climb that to change a bulb

I dreamed I was in a skyscraper that collapsed once.... somehow my brain was able to recreate it so accurately I could even feel gravity.

If Private Developers sort 'Public Opinion' on every project, nothing would ever get built

Pyramid at Giza was tallest for 3000+ years

With a name like “Grollo” I’m glad it didn’t happen. Atrociously ugly name.

Great video! As a Melbournian I think you are very talented. I think this would have been awesome to have in the city.

Looks ugly. Eureka looks much better

Very nicely done.

Is it possible to validate the result of this simulation against images of the collapsed tower? As someone who has worked with computer simulations, many people assume that a simulation is correct simply because it was done on computer with a visually impressive model, when in reality boundary conditions and assumptions can make enormous differences in how the simulation plays out.

Its surprising that they cancelled it, because it was a stupid idea, but stupid is what Australia does best.

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I wonder how to they build things like this

Is that the GTA V menu theme as background music?

Reminds me of a party game called Mistakos xD

Neat simulation. 👍🏼

I thought the plane was going somewhere else at 4:00

came for the radio tower collapse, stayed for the gta v pause music

I used to pass by the WECT Tower a lot as a child before it was demolished. It was 663 meters tall. I was always amazed by the thought of someone having to climb to the top to service the beacons.

Wasnt hexagons the strongest shape?

The pronunciation of 'building' as 'biw-ding' is so irritating.

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It's poetic that the Warsaw Antenna collapsed the same year the Soviet Union did.

Great video! I remember being so excited when the DCM design was approved. I wasn't that keen on the Harry Siedler design.

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Short sighted

I like both of them

Thank god it wasn't actually built. What an eyesore. Also, great video quality - keep it up if you want to be a serious content creator.

Structural integrity does not make up for its capability as a radio tower.

When I was 6 I wanted to be a builder and was obsessed with skyscrapers. I even wrote a letter to Bruno Grollo (with the help of my parents) and he wrote me back (I don't remember where the letter is now or what it said). I was super excited about this and remember being disappointed when it didn't get built.

Personally I think we have too many tall buildings in the city now. These tall buildings create wind tunnels and leave streets in permanent shade and freezing cold. There should be stricter height limits applied here in Melbourne. Great cities like Paris and Rome generally don't have buildings above 10 floors and can still achieve high population densities. As someone who lives in the CBD I think the council has gone too far in allowing so many very tall skyscrapers, especially in the West and North West of the CBD, Spencer street is a freezing cold wind tunnel and unpleasant to walk down.

Great video! I remember being super excited about this as a kid. I think the original Grollo tower may have had more support if it was in dark blue or dark purple instead of Gold?

So me and heights don’t mix. I’m just now realizing how badly. The animations of the elevator was enough to make my legs feel weird.

would be nice to build a building like that. Though it wouldn't be the worlds tallest, it would look better in the Melbourne CBD skyline now with the taller buildings

Oopsie!

both designs are still kind of awesome

My skinny ahh when I trip over

Because Victoria is now run by politicians who are communists

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Typical NANA STATE victoria

Yeah if it reached Antarctica, thats just another flat earth proof.

just an ego fest for some man

melbourne in the year 2040 will resemble Honk Kong .... over populated overpriced crime ridden ... homelessness is the new Government Policies... So sad that they have destroyed Melbourne

The orange one is too ugly for Melbourne's skyline. The second one would have been pretty cool. It's a shame that the government weren't more supportive.