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Originally Posted by Plankton
If you've ever been to a haunted house, or even a fun house at a carnival, it's very similar with the exception that they're on fire with a controlled burn at certain burn areas. Floors that drop, walls that move, ceilings that pull down, and a host of other simulations built to both NFPA and OSHA specifications. One of the key components is the ability to change the layout from evolution to evolution using modular systems, so trainee's have more realistic training when they go through multiple times.
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^ That makes it a very special building then, Plankton, and to get all that done within Building Code restrictions must've been a nightmare. All I can offer in terms of working on buildings with moving parts are some removable access panels to ducts, and a retractable ladder - ooh and doors too! They move don't they? I often worked on projects that needed a hundred or so purpose-made doors, which meant sorting out a whole bunch of types, dimensions, jamb details etc.
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The merits of Old vs New is an endless battle in architectural theory, and the battlegrounds are our cities.
Here's a photo of Cardiff, where imo the win goes to the old. Despite everything that can be done with steel and cladding the soaring shapes and planes of the modern make for a drab, confused backdrop to the real star of this pic - the brick municipal building in the middle:-
