The money part of this treatise is the steel frame, right? As they stated, things like warehouses and other buildings get reused because the steel frame is still useful regardless of the other stuff.
The foundation actually seems to be a danger point. I don't know much about pylons/stilts for foundations, but it would seem a better plan because you can adjust those for the life of the structure, can't you? And the design called for a lifted first floor/crawlspace anyway.
And that would enable a basement.
American cities rebuild everything. There's at a minimum 500 year houses and buildings in most European bustling cities.
Which means, I guess, that the structure and its surrounding structures should be integrated and beautiful.
The foundation actually seems to be a danger point. I don't know much about pylons/stilts for foundations, but it would seem a better plan because you can adjust those for the life of the structure, can't you? And the design called for a lifted first floor/crawlspace anyway.
And that would enable a basement.
American cities rebuild everything. There's at a minimum 500 year houses and buildings in most European bustling cities.
Which means, I guess, that the structure and its surrounding structures should be integrated and beautiful.