The Japanese call this "Interlocking Hell"

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[@siralteon]

Interlocking hell is a perfect name for this thing. Props to the architect and engineers who put it together. Holy crap.

[@ridhwwan]

The architect to the engineers after sacrificing his mental health to figure the design out. "I gift you with this, my perfect mystery" *then he falls into a coma and leave the engineers to figure it out 😅

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

Probably why they named it that way

[@spiwolf6998]

If one goes wrong.........

[@lordfordification]

Japan

[@sh3n3ng]

The carpenters curse the architects and engineers behind their backs, I bet

[@EMBer3000]

I saw a documentary about traditional Japanese building techniques many years ago. Interlocking pieces of wood without nails have been found to be a superior system in earthquake prone regions. Since the wood is flexible but the interlocking system is rigid, it has good load bearing capacity for holding up heavy stuff like roofs but is still flexible enough that it bends and sways instead of breaking during an earthquake.

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

Well I think traditionally they didn't often use nails because Japan doesn't have many Iron deposits on their islands, so iron to make nails was rare. I read the stories of the first Japanese men to visit the United States and Europe and they were shocked we have scrapyards where we leave iron to rust, because in Japan they wouldn't even waste iron left over from burned down buildings

[@Integritys_Sum]

i was gonna add that myself, they were crippled during WW2 due TO a lack of iron, so they have to make do with what they have.

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

@@Integritys_Sum well that's why they began invading the south east because they felt like they took part in ww1 but didn't receive enough territory, but it doesn't excuse the atrocities they committed

[@Integritys_Sum]

@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 i didn't say anything about japans "Atrocities" i just mentioned mineral resources?

[@texasstardust6010]

​@the98themperoroftheholybri33 ... Completely off Topic.... why is that necessary?

[@stephenino]

They’re incredible craftsmen. I watch a Japanese man take a slab of wood, and with similar wood craving techniques created a chair, that folded back into the flat slab of wood. It was truly impressive and magical.

[@ChilleBruh]

Grandpa Amu is a magnificent craftsman!

[@1neAdam12]

They truly are magnificent peoples. I just pray that they can maintain their unique and inherent sensibilities. There are those who wish nothing but for Japan to become "Multicultural."

[@HolyApplebutter]

To paraphrase General Sam, the Japanese are all people who seemingly pick any random talent and dedicate the rest of their lives to becoming the absolute masters of doing that one particular thing.

[@HKaorin]

​@@1neAdam12You mean like the American Commodore Perry, the Dutch, the Portuguese and all the other whites who literally forced Japan to stop being isolationist at gunpoint?

[@itoibo4208]

@@HolyApplebutter it is called "Anata o kesshite akiramenai", sometimes also referred to as "Kesshite anata o shitsubō sa semasen".

[@Intranetusa]

This type of construction works well against earthquakes. This interlocking system of wooden brackets comes from the ancient Chinese Dougong and Sunmao systems dating to the 500s-600 BC. There is a video on youtube testing the Dougong brackets showing that it can survive a massive 10.1 earthquake on the maximum end of the richter scale (video name How China Built Earthquake-Proof Palaces Secrets Of China's Forbidden City).

[@hobog]

How come this isn't widespread for traditional building in seismic regions like Sichuan?

[@Intranetusa]

@@hobog Sichuan decided to "modernize" with a bunch of cheaply mass produced concrete residential and commercial buildings and basically abandoned these more expensive (and skill intensive) traditional wooden architecture. The vast majority of buildings that collapsed in the Sichuan 2008 earthquake were concrete and brick buildings that didn't have required structural supports and got ripped apart. Traditional wooden architechture and much better supported concrete structures would have survived the earthquake much better.

[@kinotsu3017]

​@@hobog I'm gonna assume it's either really expensive because of how unique it is or it is just not feasible to make every building like this.

[@k.umquat8604]

​@@Intranetusasame old story of "urban transformation"

[@jameshw9751]

I'm a carpenter, and I marvel at how people figure this stuff out and build it.

[@SlingerMarshall]

well japan is also known for origami, so it kind of makes sense that they'd be the ones to create something like this EDIT: There.. happy?! jeeez

[@azzamziply3039]

That be because Interlocking system is primal technique

[@bimapriambada1098]

It's very old technique cause my grandparents house use this one for their ceiling, and they built it around 1960 or before.

[@SiChuanChilli]

@@SlingerMarshallnope they didnt like almost everything about their culture, its the chinese firstly created them then modern japan spread them globally

[@CallanElliott]

What's scarier is that the Nordics built a church out of wood with no nails or adhesives.

[@bear.b]

Interesting fact I read about this technique. When done by masters you actually don’t use ANY nails. It’s entirely held by precisely carved out pieces of wood and many historical buildings in Japan were built like this and don’t have any nails holding the structure. It was fascinating to read about. I hope to see it in person one day.

[@Machoman50ta]

Blah blah blah when is ling lee going to stop yapping and start cooking 🥘

[@BrokenNoah]

@@Machoman50ta Trying so hard

[@bear.b]

@@Machoman50ta you must be very miserable to comment something like this 😂

[@somechinesegirl]

​@@Machoman50ta are you a child

[@krissikofski]

​@@BrokenNoahOff topic but I love your pfp of 2D

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

I’ve been fascinated by interlocking building techniques…in huge and very tiny things…since my father explained it to me as a child. I did not know about about interlocking hell. It is so beautiful and complex. Thank you for this video!

[@thismissivemisfit]

In Southeast Asia, particularly Malaysia and Indonesia, are known for wooden houses using this type of technique. Every piece is interlocked together with no nails. Because everything is made of wood, it is light enough to be moved with manpower should the plot of land it was built on becomes unfavorable for some reason, usually due to flooding.

[@sharielane]

My Australian ass just imagining all the spiders making this homeif it was built here.

[@Jesus_Wojak]

Mosquito proof.

[@pinchebruha405]

Lol😂and all I can’t think of is the song ‘Fire Starter’ 😂😂😂😂

[@_Stormfather]

I'm just wondering what they do when it rains

[@_Hxnny.Bxnny_]

​@@_Stormfather there's glass you can see it beside her when she's walking down the stairs

[@oonmm]

​@@_Hxnny.Bxnny_ You are very visually observant.

[@Soundgear4]

Imagine creating the blueprints for this building!🤔

[@ucelen5714]

it would be fun if you like designing .

[@TeddyB3ARGaming]

Fun for designers Hell for contractors

[@buingockhoa1998]

@@TeddyB3ARGaming An architect's dream is an engineer's nightmare.

[@ucelen5714]

@@TeddyB3ARGaming true

[@davidgough3512]

Japan strikes me as the pinnacle of pre-industrial craftsmanship across the board, and we are lucky that they deliberately seek to preserve the very skills and techniques that may someday lift us out of a post-collapse ruin

[@schurkas2610]

I love your channel. Last night I couldn't sleep from a horrible allergic reaction on bugs bites. I was able to focus and barely feel pain watching your amazing videos! I never saw anything similar! What a fusion of so many things, so much information and your passion! And the one about Hong Kong Kowloon (I lived in HK and I love it) makes me so emotional. Thank you!!🫰🏼🫶🏼

[@jimbolast1313]

Amazing. But like Opera, one can be impressed by the technique yet be underwhelmed by the actual final product

[@whitemakesright2177]

Yep. Cool technique, but it's an ugly building.

[@jimbolast1313]

@@whitemakesright2177 Exactly.

[@tabbi888]

Looks very messy to me, over busy in a bad way. Just a clutter.

[@johnd.2114]

​@@tabbi888 I think it could work in a different context, but it shouldn't make up the entire exterior of the building.

[@RichyArg]

From the places those nails are in, it seems like they are there so they could assemble the structure without extremely long pieces of lumber.

[@andrewgraves4026]

Could have used a wood peg. That was a deliberate choice.

[@tukangiseng]

Termites : can't be disassembled? hold my beer

[@lazyButAlive]

termites are not a problem all over the world haha

[@bizarreworld2510]

​@@lazyButAlive I believe they are

[@lazyButAlive]

@@bizarreworld2510 as far as i know, we dont have this species in europe f.e. ..idk about asia/japan... but over all i personally just know about termites bc i watched cartoons when i was a child lol

[@MyChevySonic]

Termites in North America need soft, wet soil to build their homes, usually underground. In places they are a threat, they just treat the soil. They don't normally live in the wood. Though they're simple animals, even they know it doesn't make a lot of sense to live in your own food. I think they only live in the wood in certain circumstances, e.g. rotting wood or soft wood with no soil nearby.

[@AdamMPick]

@@lazyButAlive We do have termites in Europe. The Antarctic is the only continent with no termites. We do treat wood before using it as building material for that reason.

[@n0isyturtle]

It sucks rental properties are so high in the US a special shop construction like this could never happen these days. Only billion dollar tech companies that get bought out in a year can build offices like this... the abandon them.

[@NinadeBrand]

I am glad KZbin recommended me this video, I really loved the story and narration! If possible, I’d love to hear more Japanese Stories like that 😁

[@arterca]

This was like a field trip! It's such a nice treat to see you explore the space yourself!

[@ChiIeboy]

In the USA we call it.....a fire trap.

[@Soken50]

@@ChiIeboy Lol, this wood burns much slower than your petroleum derivative laden woodchip boards and matchsticks covered in plastic veneer.

[@josevolu]

That looks like an awesome place for some dramatic black and white pictures.

[@wordzmyth]

It would be an awesome student film set

[@elissitdesign]

That’s one of my most favorite things when visiting Japan. So much wood construction smell. It’s heavenly.

[@jayvee1387]

That is absolutely STUNNING! 😮 it looks like a giant tinder pile from the outside but the inside.... 😍 And i bet it smells wonderful in there 😊 On a must-see architecture bucket list for me!

[@gelozyg1732]

I can listen to this woman for days and never get tired

[@balsosnell2064]

Funny, I’m the opposite. That talking from the back of the throat vocal fry is awful.

[@S3verance]

Same!!

[@Jacob-bm6wb]

women who don't artificially raise their voices

[@revinaque1342]

​@@balsosnell2064 Yes! And also the way she enunciates. It's like she has a speech impediment or something. It's a shame, because I really enjoy her content

[@ranamores4919]

​@@revinaque1342i believe english is her second language. What we are hearing is her "korean accent"

[@bicky9333]

I’m pretty sure in Japan, even if their Japanese carpentry creations can stand on their own without nails, they still have to put nails because it’s part of the law so carpenters will choose to put nails in certain areas as a precaution.

[@iatsd]

Nope. Entirely possible to build without nails in Japan. Building approvals recognise it. It would be uncommon these days, but it does still happen. As an aside, they would reject nails in most building plans. They usually specify screws these days, if anything, because it's much stronger than nailing.

[@stormcoroofingandrestorati3874]

@@iatsdscrews snap while nails flex. Seams like in a earthquake prone region screws would be frowned upon

[@iatsd]

@@stormcoroofingandrestorati3874 I tend to think that all the earthquake engineers in Japan have something of a clue as to what they're doing. Screws flex just fine if they're designed to, and they hold equally well when the building itself is built on a foundation designed to move and have the structure float on it. Unlike, say, US residential buildings which simply fail, then burn, and just kill people due to low standards.

[@verycitrus9815]

Lovely dress!

[@miatarraf3414]

This place is amazing to see in person. I was trying to figure out how the architects even began to figure something like this out

[@FueledbyJohn]

Fascinating, thank you so much for sharing this. Reminds me of one those ball shaped objects you can expand and contract with the interlocking braces.

[@Soken50]

Hoberman sphere!

[@rainysunshinedays]

the maintenance of that building come rainy season is 😱😱😱😱😱

[@Nostrudoomus]

My grandparents had a huge lath house around part of their home and a lot of people had that in the old days instead of very expensive green houses or hot houses! It wasn’t as fancy as this, but it was very nice because the roof was very tall and ferns were growing through it all.

[@doclewis8927]

I'm always so impressed with the woodworking that requires little to no nails to erect a building. It's so fascinating to me and the people who know how to do this by hand simply amaze me.

[@-----REDACTED-----]

Maintenance must be absolute hell…😂

[@ff05t81t]

Oh hey there’s some degradation on this outermost 2x4. Aight time to disassemble 1/4 of the structure.

[@diodelvino3048]

it is, theres actually alot of old-style Japanese homes for sale in Japan, even around modern ones, and theyre sold pretty cheaply, but the maintenance costs are too much for alot of people because 1. The materials are more susceptible to damage, than nails and metal and 2. It can be costly to even find someone specialized enough to repair the home since theres not exactly very many people that can. This technique of using only wood, and wood for nails was mostly made out of necessity, Japan's never been a metal rich country, and metals have always been treated with alot of conservancy because of how rare they were in Japan before globalization.

[@potatosandwitch]

Kego Kuma reminds me of a building called Pagoda of Fogong Temple (应县木塔) in China Shanxi, it is build with a similar technique without using any nails, one of the coolest building I’ve seen, wish Dami would talk abt it someday.

[@courtly5982]

Thats calles dougong and its easier than you think

[@cerfewmusic3675]

@@courtly5982In a CNN article， its stated that Kengo Kuma‘s method was inspired by Dougong，but I think his method looks more like Sunmao.

[@rebecculousrk]

It's beautiful, and it may also have the added benefit of flexability, making it a great method for building in earthquake prone areas.

[@_lime.]

To be clear, this has nothing in common with the traditional Japanese joinery methods. This is just an absurd amount of lap and scarf joints with screws holding it all together. This is the work of an architect, not a carpenter. Also for all the people waxing poetically about Japanese joinery's lack of nails, that's not unique. Basically all cultures developed joinery without nails. Fun fact, the oldest known example of joinery is a house in Germany, dated to about 7000 years ago. About 4000 years before the Yayoi people (the predominant population of modern day Japan) ever left the Korean peninsula. This is also during the Neolithic period, AKA the Stone Age, about 3000 years before humans figured out metallurgy and started making nails. The only reason the Japanese never did nails is because they never really figured out Bronze, and when the were introduced to Iron, they didn't really find much on their islands, so it was reserved more important things. Nails aren't required to build things, they just make life easier. So they passed on nails in favor of other things that couldn't be made without iron, like weapons, tools, and pots.

[@matthewhafner962]

"Interlocking Hell?" Engineers: Nope.avi

[@krishp1104]

I wonder how much it would cost to make the building

[@stekarenhd6911]

Material wise it looks super cheap! I wonder how it would compare to a more standard similar sized building

[@EricRohlfs]

The permitting might be as much as the construction costs.

[@olgakraynova6695]

This is so shockingly beautiful I am crying 😢

[@Soapartisan875]

This kind of building is amazing . I wonder how long they last and if not having nails keeping things together really does make a difference .

[@jakethomas6123]

Wow! Content like this is why I’m subscribed.

[@colinsetford4179]

What a building. People are awesome.

[@FlatlandMando]

The light & feeling of space is amazing in these views. Tthough there are a few decking screws in this version...years ago there would be none.

[@ChildlessCatLady13]

I can't nail 2 boards together but I LOVE woodwork, and appreciate woodworkers. This here absolutely blew my mind! Masterpiece.

[@GlorifiedGremlin]

Now thats modern architecture done right

[@rohitkumarpilania94]

makes you feel surrounded even inside

[@SnailHatan]

I see you’ve never been inside.

[@Frida3728]

You find the most interesting things in your travels. An amazing person you are, thanks

[@atlasgrove535]

I could listen to you talk all day I love your voice.

[@cherinoelke]

My god that is gorgeous, I can only imagine what it feels like in that building. Yet another place added to my never ending bucket list.

[@startupadmin540]

The historical buildings in Japan made in this manner are also earthquake proof. There are videos taken from inside one of these types of buildings during a very strong earthquake, the entire building moves and may make a bit of noise but the timbers are strong and all holds together like and elaborate puzzle.

[@seanzibonanzi64]

I could almost shed a tear imagining all the wooden structures like this we've lost to time. A whole block or city built like this would've been something else to look at.

[@Bedbuggies]

Chaotic on the outside, but weirdly calming in the inside. That’s my assessment.

[@JimmyMExperience]

Just effortlessly beautiful. The building is nice too.

[@MyBinaryLife]

The part were she said 'once you put it together its almost impossible to disassemble' got me because they actually are pretty damn easy to disassemble compared if you know the order. maybe easier than any other type of building ever made.

[@pdmullgirl]

That’s neat! I bet it does smell good and the light filtering through I bet is pretty. Kinda nostalgic feeling. ❤️💜💚

[@kimberlycorliss9616]

Impressive architecture. Looks like a great place to relax and enjoy.

[@final_catalyst]

I believe part of the genus of the design is by not using any nails (ideally) it has no complete fixed points to ware down or snap from regular earthquakes, the whole structure bends and shifts. With nails at joints boring holes and weakening the structure comming lose

[@Intranetusa]

Correct. This type of construction works well against earthquakes. This interlocking system of wooden brackets comes from the ancient Chinese Dougong and Sunmao systems dating to the 500s-600 BC. There is a video on youtube testing the Dougong brackets showing that it can survive a massive 10.1 earthquake on the maximum end of the richter scale (video name How China Built Earthquake-Proof Palaces Secrets Of China's Forbidden City).

[@NyJoanzy]

It's a very sapphic way to build. All tong and grove, no studs. I'm always surprised when I get an opportunity for that joke.

[@greatmess32]

The passion you have for architecture is infectious and honestly relaxing in a way. ❤

[@momerathsoutgabe-mt1gc]

I hope I get to travel to Japan with my kids one day. Most likely won't, but it's nice to dream. Beautiful building, thanks for sharing.

[@pevlez]

I'm in love with this woman

[@fayenotfaye]

🤨

[@khalid5652]

I love her eyes .

[@botandrew1]

Finally, someone I can relate to Stay away, I found her first 😂

[@Ikwigsjoyful]

I'm usually not a fan of modern architecture, but this is stunning!

[@Zed54xp]

That's also a hell of work, planning, and mastery of the craft

[@Cyberpunk9000]

Keep up the amazing work with your documentaries I’ve been immensely impressed ❤

[@MrRezRising]

How come there's no god for gravity in any folklore? There were gods for everything you could think of, but something pulling _everything_ to the ground has no representation? Absolutly love your videos Dami. ❤ Hi from nyc! Edit: You'd think those arch luvin' Romans would have come up with something..... 2nd edit: Please correct me if I missed a god of grav somewhere. 🙂

[@DamiLeeArch]

I had to google this 😆 there’s a great discussion about it on Reddit

[@MrRezRising]

@@DamiLeeArch Ty! I'll check it out.

[@Lightwolf_VR]

Because you're projecting a modern simplification of complex belief systems. In every polytheistic system I can think of, there's no 'god of'. IE, Zeus wasn't a god of lightning. He was a complex character with multiple areas of domain and responsibility that overlapped with other gods. You didn't pray to Odin or Zeus because they were the god of this specific field. Maybe you liked their personality, thought they would like yours, or they were tied to an object, season, or place. Maybe they had responsibility for something. Maybe you thought they'd talk to another god on your behalf, etc. But if you wanted one for gravity, you'd probably look for one associated with natural forces, like Gaia. That said, gravity doesn't have much personality, which is core for a god. If a rock falls you look at the rock. For waves at the water. Not the gravity.

[@MrRezRising]

@@Lightwolf_VR Ty. Yes, you are correct, but... I could give a god of gravity a _great_ personality. First, no capes. Second, a goddess would be more appropriate, pulling you to her motherly embrace. Three, green. Think Pan from _Midsummer's Night Dream_ , and I'm thinking...a Dagobohian vine theme. Man, that wasn't so hard. Yay for simple thinking. 🤣🤣 Sorry for the snarkiness. 🤘❤️

[@Lightwolf_VR]

@@MrRezRising someone give this man a pen, he's about to unleash greatness

[@blucie9768]

Reminds me in sewing how seams are locked in other seams, that are themselves locked in others, and if you need to remove an element, technically you'd have to remove them all

[@terredee]

I’m not seeing the physical beauty of this place. It looks frantic. But I’ll take your word for it that the construction technique is marvelous.

[@whiqeddik7615]

So worth the time. It is just gorgeous and absolutely unparalleled in it's beauty 😍

[@Jay70chevelle]

The designs of the old masters of Japanese wood working are so cool

[@ssun9074]

It's also really cool that a lot of structures built with this technique are more resilient to earthquakes! Totally makes sense for the Japanese to have figured this out long ago, given the geology of the region

[@Intranetusa]

This type of construction works well against earthquakes. This interlocking system of wooden brackets comes from the ancient Chinese Dougong and Sunmao systems dating to the 500s-600 BC. There is a video on youtube testing the Dougong brackets showing that it can survive a massive 10.1 earthquake on the maximum end of the richter scale (video name How China Built Earthquake-Proof Palaces Secrets Of China's Forbidden City).

[@ssun9074]

@@Intranetusa Awesome extra info! Great add

[@dhimankalita1690]

​@@Intranetusa sry but this us japanese technique i advice you to stop claiming everything as chinese

[@Intranetusa]

@@dhimankalita1690 The modern building is a Japanese technique and application. The ancient building roof of the Japanese temple displayed in the other part of the video is based on Chinese techniques and construction.

[@Laprabon-dash]

@@dhimankalita1690 i don’t think anyone is claiming this being Japanese here. I think they are just giving some contexts around Tokyō being a localized form of Dougong. Just same origins different development

[@robinharwood5044]

It’s actually quite easy to disassemble if you know the trick. See that bit down in the left hand corner? Push it in, give it a half turn anticlockwise, and then you can lift it up and take it out. And then the whole thing just comes apart.

[@Anjalena]

It doesn't look right from the outside. It looks like scaffolding that's been put up around a building to do repairs on it. But it looks great from inside. ❤️

[@loud865]

Whatever you say Guess opinions are like assholes It looks like a fn eye sore Looks like somebody fed godzilla a bunch 2 by 4s and he just threw em up in that spot

[@Zero-eq7mp]

The beautiful woman and building love this channel

[@doncarleone973]

Besides the ancient Indian Stone architecture (#1) The most functional and most beautiful wooden structures are made from precision joinery by the traditional Japanese culture. There are numerous structures that are still standing over a thousand years taking into account that they are part of the Ring of fire with many strong earthquakes.

[@josefhyatt2780]

Absolutely incredible blend of engineering and art.WOW!!! simply, WOW!

[@nicholashodges201]

"almost impossible to disassemble" tradition Japanese carpentry is *designed* to be easily disassembled for repair. The way everything interlocks you can remove some pieces very easily with endangering or damaging the building. It's the whole reason they can get away with 300-400 year old castles made of wood still standing

[@thejwvariety]

the architecture is almost as beautiful as dami herself

[@ahambrahmasmi108]

I think the structure is absolutely gorgeous....and so is the narrator!❤

[@JurassicJenkins]

Orlando, Fl here. Thank you for sharing this! I love the complexity, yet the opportunity of natural wood smell. The light refraction is a major plus.

[@nathancooper317]

Its kinda of melancholy

[@sideways5153]

Reminds me of wooden rollercoaster structures, so I can already imagine the way the scent of the lumber spreads around the space. Also looks kinda like a bird nest

[@Dednursewakin]

I am not an architect by any stretch of the imagination. Its, however your ability to express your obvious passion for architecture in a way that can absorb the layman such as myaelf... Your simply awesome, thank you.

[@richardkohlhof]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful fascinating and complicated architecture that I was completely unaware of I am so grateful there are people such as you that do this for me and others❤

[@hsiaowanglin9782]

Magnificent wooden pieces artwork! How lucky you are get to working or stay there!❤

[@people287]

Would be so excited to see the structural drawings on this, what a cool project. That’s an impressive amount of work and diligence to get that thing together.

[@choolankalrk]

Japanese Architecture is wonderful...,There is a province in India called" kerala" where they build amazing wooden palaces and houses many hundreds of years.Even the Japanese were so amazed about the construction techniques and Architecture,they even brought a small complete dismantled kerala traditional house to Japan and re-installed at "The Little World Museum" of Man' in Japan's Inuyama.

[@vickilawrence7207]

Oh that’s incredibly awe inspiring! How ppl come up with these remarkable ideas is fascinating to me! I would love to see this in person

[@hobog]

Seems the traditional interlocking is better for replacing parts, and Kengo Kuma took the Apple approach and made that impossible That's why I think it was wise to limit this thing to sculpture and not have it clad the building of Alberni House tower in Vancouver

[@jtwg4th253]

Kengo is great I have been a fan of his work for years. His designs are amazing.

[@ChristianHernandez-yt]

The interlocking technique is truly a marvel. It must feel unreal walking into that. *Just beautiful.*

[@koriw1701]

I'll bet that it will stand up better than most modern buildings in an earthquake. Props to the designers!

[@CharlieApples]

Japanese architecture is endlessly fascinating. Half of it is these mind-blowing marvels of engineering which were used mainly for “castles” (jō) and temples which people wanted to last as long as possible, which was extremely difficult given Japan’s frequent and equally extreme earthquakes. Prior to modern steel and reinforced concrete technology, in a country with not-great natural metallic resources but an abundance of wood, pre-Meiji engineers and builders came up with unbelievably ingenious ways of creating interlocking wooden beam structures that were just loose enough that they shifted and swayed with earthquakes, without coming apart no matter what direction the entire building was shaken in. Unreal. …But most buildings? They were designed to fall apart with as little damage to surrounding structures as possible. Because even the houses of wealthy nobles simply couldn’t justify or afford the cost of this insanely complex structure, so were made in a way that the outer parts of the building would collapse first if at all, and stone and bricks were avoided so the inhabitants stood a better chance of survival if the building collapsed, as did any surrounding buildings and structures which would be damaged if a stone and mortar building fell in their direction. And even more crazily, this led to an almost equally dangerous natural disaster becoming very common, which was urban fires in densely populated areas…where all of the buildings were made out of wood and paper. Entire cities would light up like tinderboxes, and this happened constantly. Which only further reinforced the architectural principle of buildings which could collapse safely and be rebuilt quickly and relatively cheaply. And you can still see this concept in Japanese architecture today.

[@berserkirclaws107]

😮 This is such a beautiful building, I would buy a drink just for the pleasure of enjoying the place.

[@matthewmorgan9269]

The various traditional joints are available online. Fun to make but require patience.

[@DeepFriedDoom]

I love the sunny hills bakery in Taipei. They let you eat as many pineapple cake samples as you want without pressuring you into buying anything.

[@Aluenvey]

I was considering designing some clothes based on a similar concept, for instance where because the weave is so tighly woven, you dont generally have to worry traditional adhesion techniques.

[@arfriedman4577]

If i knew there were no nails, id be leary to go in the building. Its very beautiful.

[@daniellebrothers3688]

Veey beautiful, I imagine a bit like a bird's nest--or a beehive--a style directly associated with life and production. I accessed the comments to add my view on earthquake awareness but after reading many comments with folks much more well-versed in the Real Thing than I am, let's just say I agree with them as well. I can only imagine the capacity of those intricately fitted pieces for bend, sway and give. I do consider fire safety as well, and would love to see the safety aspects of a building with such distinct design.

[@Sularus92]

This is absolutely beautiful. Looks like somewhere I would love to spend some quality time.

[@adrianmartinoliphant1098]

The planning & precision fascinates me. I marvel at the methods of the ancients. We just don't have that type of patience today😔

[@etienne8110]

Also a hell to clean, with dust getting in all nook and crannies 😅

[@aldo____]

I like Japanese joinery when hidden, for structure, or looking elegantly simple, but when it's full of repeated small patterns one near the other it looks stressful, almost like forcing you to find patterns or to calculate even when you just want to have some peace of mind and relax.

[@MCLefka]

Go to some of the oldest Japanese temples, and you will see this. Cameras dont do it justice. It's so perfectly measured and cut that you have to marvel at it. You see it alot in Kyoto