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PugJesus piefed.social PugJesus@piefed.social
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https://times.ky/take-a-look-inside-china-s-first-vertical-forest-city

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kibblebits quokk.au kibblebits@quokk.au
Joined: 2026-05-19
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Except it’s not real.

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PugJesus piefed.social PugJesus@piefed.social
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Except it’s not real.

You sure? It seems legitimate, as seen by the link and the architect's own page, and it seems to be similar to the architect's other projects

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kibblebits quokk.au kibblebits@quokk.au
Joined: 2026-05-19
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You sure? It seems legitimate, as seen by the link and the architect's own page, and it seems to be similar to the architect's other projects

If it’s real, it has an address. That can be looked up in an Apple or Google Maps.

Find the address, or it’s not real.

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SuperPengato scribe.disroot.org SuperPengato@scribe.disroot.org
Joined: 2026-02-24
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If it’s real, it has an address. That can be looked up in an Apple or Google Maps. Find the address, or it’s not real.

China, Hubei, Huanggang, Huangzhou District, 99, 东南方向40米 邮政编码: 438000
https://maps.app.goo.gl/rPQHRm2eZPfYFfaJ8

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PugJesus piefed.social PugJesus@piefed.social
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If it’s real, it has an address. That can be looked up in an Apple or Google Maps. Find the address, or it’s not real.

After considerable struggle, since listing all addresses in fucking China is not high on the list of Anglophone internet service priorities, and as if to fucking emphasize this, the entire fucking Google Map of Huanggang being incredibly off-center, and most locations not having any fucking address listed, I spent far too fucking much of my time to cross-reference sources, searching in fucking Chinese (which I do not speak), and locate the exact position of the complex through Baidu's map service as Juran Home Vertical Forest City Complex, No. 88 Shengli Street, Huangzhou District, Huanggang City, Hubei Province.

There's even a photo gallery of mundane, non-gorgeous angles

Is that enough to quell your arbitrary skepticism despite similar projects being already established as extant and multiple sources being provided?

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bstix feddit.dk bstix@feddit.dk
Joined: 2023-06-09
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I wonder what the floor plan looks like.

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PugJesus piefed.social PugJesus@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-03-24
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I wonder what the floor plan looks like.

lmao, funny enough, after someone insisted on finding the address, I actually came across some floor plans in the process.

https://huanggang.newhouse.fang.com/loupan/2620196942/photo/d_house_394820.htm

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Diurnambule jlai.lu Diurnambule@jlai.lu
Joined: 2023-08-29
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After considerable struggle, since listing all addresses in fucking China is not high on the list of Anglophone internet service priorities, and as if to fucking emphasize this, the entire fucking Google Map of Huanggang being incredibly off-center, and most locations not having any fucking address listed, I spent far too fucking much of my time to cross-reference sources, searching in fucking ...

Spite is thé strongest motoe for humans.

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zoombawoomba lemmy.world Zoomba669@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-05-14
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Felt the need to share w/ my family. Amazing!

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monkeyFromTheLake programming.dev monkeyFromTheLake@programming.dev
Joined: 2025-02-19
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Will these trees not outgrow the small cubicals they are in?

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PugJesus piefed.social PugJesus@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-03-24
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Will these trees not outgrow the small cubicals they are in?

Some trees only grow a few feet tall. I remember when I was a kid, my mother planted a few such small trees when we moved into a house with a yard.

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livligkinkajou slrpnk.net livligkinkajou@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2026-01-27
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Will these trees not outgrow the small cubicals they are in?

You can always prune them back too

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DudeImMacGyver kbin.earth DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth
Joined: 2025-01-11
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Will these trees not outgrow the small cubicals they are in?

Depends on what they are.

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TediousLength lemmy.ca TediousLength@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2021-04-18
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If it’s real, it has an address. That can be looked up in an Apple or Google Maps. Find the address, or it’s not real.

If it’s real, it has an address. That can be looked up in an Apple or Google Maps.

Hahahahahahahaha ! Thanks for that

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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-07
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Will these trees not outgrow the small cubicals they are in?

No. This concept was first used in Italy over 40 years ago. They choose the appropriate trees.

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prettybunnys piefed.social prettybunnys@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-10
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You can always prune them back too

Just imagining some high stress branch training and you got branches dangling 10 stories

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Olgratin_Magmatoe slrpnk.net Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-12-19
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lmao, funny enough, after someone insisted on finding the address, I actually came across some floor plans in the process. https://huanggang.newhouse.fang.com/loupan/2620196942/photo/d_house_394820.htm

That looks very nice, and also stupid expensive

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kibblebits quokk.au kibblebits@quokk.au
Joined: 2026-05-19
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China, Hubei, Huanggang, Huangzhou District, 99, 东南方向40米 邮政编码: 438000 https://maps.app.goo.gl/rPQHRm2eZPfYFfaJ8

That’s the wrong address. Map shows nothing. Lazy google man.

However, I did find it. And therefore I was wrong.

30.450374, 114.873947

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kibblebits quokk.au kibblebits@quokk.au
Joined: 2026-05-19
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After considerable struggle, since listing all addresses in fucking China is not high on the list of Anglophone internet service priorities, and as if to fucking emphasize this, the entire fucking Google Map of Huanggang being incredibly off-center, and most locations not having any fucking address listed, I spent far too fucking much of my time to cross-reference sources, searching in fucking ...

I found it. 30.450374, 114.873947

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Bio bronk lemmy.world kevin2107@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#21 · Quote Reply

damn china is the future

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