15/05/2026
🏠The building is swaying. That's not a defect, it's the design. 🏬
Most people assume a good building should be completely rigid. The truth is the opposite. A rigid building cannot absorb seismic energy, it has to transfer it somewhere, and that somewhere is the structure itself. Brittle failure. No warning.
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