Architecture

grindy · 08-08-2019, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

I'd love to see this in person. Maybe skate or bike down that dragon tunnel too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORbHVzrvKp0

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In 2004, Luang Phor Pawana Buddho, a former abbot of the temple, was sentenced to 160 years in prison for raping nine underage girls who had lived in the temple, in a total of 28 cases. He now has to spend the maximum Thai sentence of 50 years in prison. Some former nuns, who are said to have lured the girls for the abbot in the temple, were sentenced to between 10 and 30 years.

Wholesome.

OccultHawk · 08-08-2019, 02:37 PM

Tbh it looks like a big gaudy piece of **** like someone painted some Detroit fu ckhole pink and pinned a dragon on it.

If I were in Bangkok I still might go check it out, though.

Plankton · 08-08-2019, 02:42 PM

lol

OccultHawk · 08-08-2019, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

lol

I mean just for the conversation.

Lisnaholic · 08-09-2019, 08:17 AM

Hey, that's a spectacular building, plankton! I like the bit at the top, with the little temples and the dragon's front legs, but it is also, as OH says, "a big gaudy piece of ****". To me it's like some Epcot Center Buddha-meets-Disney exhibit.

On the same theme, but not as dramatic, is this working Helter Skelter ride temporarily erected in Norwich Cathedral. I'm squinting at the photo, wondering if JC has been booted off the altar in favour of effigies of Paul McCartney and Charlie Manson.

Lisnaholic · 08-21-2019, 10:55 AM

Shock! Horror! and Outrage! from England as people are forced to actually use one of Plankton's buildings

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Shipping containers used to house homeless children
By Hannah Richardson
BBC News education and social affairs reporter

Caption: 'Life in container is mental torture'
More than 210,000 children are estimated to be homeless, with some being temporarily housed in converted shipping containers, a report says.

The Children's Commissioner for England says that as well as the 124,000 children officially homeless, a further 90,000 are estimated to be "sofa-surfing".

Her report tells of families housed in repurposed shipping containers and office blocks, and whole families living in tiny spaces.

Councils blamed a £159m funding gap.

A spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government said anyone who feels they have been placed in unsuitable accommodation should request a review.

The report, entitled Bleak Houses, found the use of shipping containers as temporary accommodation was leading to cramped conditions and inhospitable temperatures.

**Marie Monday** · 08-21-2019, 11:00 AM

In Amsterdam shipping containers are used to house college students, and it's not considered abnormal. I've been in one of those places, it seemed fine

Plankton · 08-21-2019, 11:14 AM

Those things are engineered to be air and water tight for shipping. They have small vents to let excessive heat build up escape but they need more air flow for humans to be able to live in them, and in most residential/housing configurations, HVAC needs to be considered. Reflective colors help a little too, so we try to keep that in mind, but sometimes the customer just has to have black or dark blue, which can be deadly in certain extreme heat situations without proper venting/cooling. They weren't engineered for humans to live in them as-built, so we use them as a base structure to mold into something inhabitable.

If they're just throwing people in connex's with no modifications, then yeah, that's quite inhumane. That picture is very misleading in that scenario.

Lisnaholic · 08-21-2019, 11:16 AM

^ That's interesting. I can imagine that there are probs trying to keep them warm in winter or cool in summer, but I like the idea of stacking simple boxes together. Did you know that Plankton designs similar container buildings for a living?

EDIT: OOPs! @ Marie

Plankton · 08-21-2019, 11:31 AM

I'm designing a plane to burn up atm.

08-08-2019, 02:37 PM	#282 (permalink)
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08-08-2019, 02:42 PM	#283 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	lol __________________ See location...

08-09-2019, 08:17 AM	#285 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Hey, that's a spectacular building, plankton! I like the bit at the top, with the little temples and the dragon's front legs, but it is also, as OH says, "a big gaudy piece of **". To me it's like some Epcot Center Buddha-meets-Disney exhibit. On the same theme, but not as dramatic, is this working Helter Skelter ride temporarily erected in Norwich Cathedral. I'm squinting at the photo, wondering if JC has been booted off the altar in favour of effigies of Paul McCartney and Charlie Manson. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

08-21-2019, 11:14 AM	#288 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	Those things are engineered to be air and water tight for shipping. They have small vents to let excessive heat build up escape but they need more air flow for humans to be able to live in them, and in most residential/housing configurations, HVAC needs to be considered. Reflective colors help a little too, so we try to keep that in mind, but sometimes the customer just has to have black or dark blue, which can be deadly in certain extreme heat situations without proper venting/cooling. They weren't engineered for humans to live in them as-built, so we use them as a base structure to mold into something inhabitable. If they're just throwing people in connex's with no modifications, then yeah, that's quite inhumane. That picture is very misleading in that scenario. __________________ See location...

08-21-2019, 11:16 AM	#289 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	^ That's interesting. I can imagine that there are probs trying to keep them warm in winter or cool in summer, but I like the idea of stacking simple boxes together. Did you know that Plankton designs similar container buildings for a living? EDIT: OOPs! @ Marie __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

08-21-2019, 11:31 AM	#290 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	I'm designing a plane to burn up atm. __________________ See location...