The design tricks that keep skyscrapers from swaying
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- Опубликовано: 6 мар 2019
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Skyscrapers are getting skinnier: As cities get denser, architects are designing builders that are taller and taller on smaller and smaller lots. And that poses one big problem: How do you keep them from swaying in the wind? Behind some of the most iconic shapes on our skylines is a secret design language of architectural tricks -twists, holes, and setbacks- that keep buildings still.
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Hi everyone, the vertical aspect used in this video was intentional. We thought it might be an interesting way to frame this piece, since it's specifically about skyscrapers.
We understand a vertical aspect ratio isn't for everyone - don't worry, it's not something we'll be doing often. But it's important to us that we keep experimenting on our channel, so that we can keep pushing our work forward. This was a case where we took a risk by trying something new, so thanks for bearing with us and for leaving your feedback.
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could we get some videos in 21:9 in the future? I think theres not enough content on YT
@@aemonblackfyre4159 interesting idea!! this is definitely something we'll check out - maybe in a video about.. bridges?
Bold! I love this choice and definitely glad it's not going to be a frequent thing
I’m not really used to vertical video but apart from TV, I prefer vertical now that I’ve seen your videos in this format
... interesting
can the wind damage your portrait format video too?
Valentin Bcn LMAO
Just gave the video format a wind gap
I literally stop watching after 10 sec in knowing it a portrait video.
Y'all are stupid. The video is in portrait on purpose since the topic is about skyscrapers.
@@lance7095 everyone understands that but dose doing that made the video better?
Skyscrapers design = confuse the winds
Vox aspect ratio = confuse the viewers
Aicon Aclon lmfao
@@AllTrickss subscribe to meee 😂😂
Good one
eh, good pair.
XD!
"Architects have an arsenal of tricks to reduce movement..."
Civil and structural engineers: *am I a joke to you*
Hahahahahhaha
Exact same thought when I heard it
Being an Architect is like being a cool Interior Designer but a lame Civil Engineer.
I went to a lecture by the lead SOM engineer on what was then called the Burj Dubai. He made a joke that they let the Architects pick out the drapes so they would feel involved. Yeah, the form of modern skyscrappers is driven almost entirely by engineers, not architects.
Exactly my thought lol. Structural engineers are the black sheep but without us there wouldn't be any skyscrapers =P
When you're so smart you even confuse the wind
If i see another comment from you i'm going to commite mass hate crime.
Sicwei
Si wei
@@xcreovb7648 Hm Hm, only 4 comments after 2 years.....
*Laughing Human Noises*
Architects are engineers worst nightmare.
Architect: "yeah I was thinking of this..."
Engineer "oh, er...yeah? Maybe? Kinda, ish. *Migraine intensifies*
euan todd engineers do the doing, architects are glorified artists.
Yes but nothing is worse than Buildings designed by engineers
Architects are important, without them cities would just be filled with giant blocks of concrete
@@Mikelaxo you mean urban planner
@@death5913 also architects
This comment section:
50% "it's engineers not architects"
50% "why vertical aspect ratio"
1% other comments
0.01% people that can't math
was gonna comment "it doesnt add up" till i pressed read more
Woochan Nou U
Oh ok
You are bad at math
QuarioQuario54321 r/wooosh
"Architects have an arsenal of tricks to reduce movement."
Engineneers: "Listen here you little punk!"
Why not mention those holes are actually for the dragons to pass through.... ?
#borders :D
Lol my thoughts too
Well that's what they do in Hong kong. He was on about Shanghai
@@ruth7841 those dragons came from the mountains the building with a hole was from Shanghai. Shanghai is build on a flate plain. there are no mountains.
@@user-pg5re1cg7d Thanks! :)
Now please do a video on why people dislike portrait recordings
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haha n word lol guys am i right !!
Next time could you make a video about how Dubai buildings have a complex system of pumping water throughout the building to keep it from melting, that would be pretty interesting.
Wow, they really are? That sounds _cool_ .
The vertical was fine, really.
Same. I don't get why people get so hurt over vertical videos?? even on laptop? it's not that big of a deal.
I only noticed it at the end
Meme and Vines Ah, i see
@@constantinshim4271 same
So many comments moaning about it being a vertical video. Pretty sure it was done on purpose as it's about vertical buildings.
Congrats, Sherlock. It is
Doing something stupid for a reason doesn't prevent the fact that you've done something stupid
People are scared of changes, even if it's obviously a one time thing
@@Rai98Chu Its just plain annoying. Especially for desktop. Also a bit for mobile, because when you are scrolling though the comments and you scroll up, the vid extend and covers your comments. Its like saying: You have been driving this bike for a long time, let's now invert the wheel. Change is good if its good. Not when its bad.
Pretty sure you can always rotate your phone in your hands to watch landscape videos but not your desktop monitors to watch portrait videos 🤔
Not a fan of vertical videos but this is the type of video from Vox that I love.
No it isn't. We aren't on a vertical screen. WE ARE WATCHING ON A FRICKIN 1080P MONITOR (most viewers) Usually 22in or similar. Some people even have 4k and ultrawide displays which will not be a great experience for them. We are not in 2008 with 1024x768/1280x1024 displays. We are in 2019 with cheap 1920x1080 monitors and 16:9 smartphones.
I mean I don't even live in Chicago, never been, but it still hurts to hear the Sears Tower being called the Willis Tower
I'll never call it the willis tower, it's the sears tower
0:23 one of the greatest statements ever stated
“Confuse the wind”
*Vertical video: **_exists_*
*RUclips Community: **_enraged noises_*
_Bob McCoy
Proof that the internet community are toddlers in disguise.
@@zain4019 Please don't forget that most displays are in landscape orientation. And where mobiles are easily turned sideways, almost all other screens are not.
MrDiarukia
I understand. I was just making more a general comment on the hive mentality of internet users and their lack of foresight and tendency to avoid meaningful, constructive, and deep, individualistic thinking and instead favor mindless scrolling and complaining, with the occasional meme thrown in.
Not everyone of course, but based on the interactions I’ve had, some of these people aren’t very compassionate nor do they uphold (or maybe don’t even possess) some sort of intrinsic value system. That may change as they grow, and I hope it does.
Most people in the real world aren’t like that, so that’s great:)
I'm actually watching this on a vertical 4:3 display (my Samsung Galaxy Tab S3), so I appreciate this video.
@@ZeeJeff But you could aswell rotate the device 90°
As a Civil Engineering student I have to ask... Architects? You give the credit for these solutions to the architects?
Luis Alejandro Perez as an architecture student myself I have to agree with you.. even though some architects do these designs as well, most is done by engineers
As a practitioner in the field and is no longer a student, yes the engineers does major and crucial work in the consultative phase but the architect signs the initial and final phase of the design
MammothBehemoth architects arrive at their design from a aesthetic stand point while Engineers reimagine those designs from a structural standpoint ...
MammothBehemoth buddy there are seismic engineers who specializes in researching to develop techniques to counter these conditions.
Bless. Architects get far too much credit while civil, structural, and MEP engineers are the real MVPs. Love, a project engineer.
Oh my god, sweet, a professional video that actually features Structural Engineering! (anddd...Architects get all the credit)...actually seems about right for the real world. Good job Vox.
why....do you talk ..... like this....
It's spelled Willis but pronounced "Sears"
Daniel Piotrowski chicagoans know where it’s at. 😌
That's why I hate English, even though i need the language
@@adiabd1 Nah it's not actually, it's just that the Willis tower was originally the Sears tower
@@adiabd1 It's not really an English problem, Chicago just has a thing for words not pronounced as written. Even the city's name is written Chicago but pronounced Shicago.
...and I'd prefer to call the tower in London the "Shart" tower.
I think the intern was suppose to upload this to Facebook.
Ben Whittaker could do it!
LOL
COMPACT ELEVATOR? WE'RE GOING UP. EASY.
I'm not watching on a god damn iPhone. Landscape videos, please.
Yeah bad choice keep it in landscape
I honestly didn't notice until he said "It's a little weird at the end" and I watched it on PC.
The video is about vertical things called skyscrapers, so it makes sense that the video is vertical. Hope you got the point
Still an icky aspect ratio. Could have made it narrow
Don’t worry, us iPhone users hate it too
I actually enjoyed the aspect ratio of this one. It was clever, given the subject matter. I'm surprised at how pissed off people are about it. 🤷♂️
I thought most people watched youtube on their phones
Fits an iPad perfectly
@@velcranoxofficials9970 I don't know a single person that unironically uses fullscreen portrait mode to watch videos
Making this a vertical video was actually really smart
Architects, seriously? Reduction of resonance and vortex shedding in buildings is a specialist area of engineering under computational fluid dynamics and structural dynamics. Get your facts straight
Both played an important role in this subject
r/iamverysmart
R/peoplethatgiveashit
Well engineers are architects' pawns on building their works lol, both play parts tho
@@NoVisionGuy pawns?
This video is in portrait. I don't know how I feel about this...
Give it’s a video about really tall buildings that most people will watch on their portrait smartphones, it makes sense!
I like it something different, also it is about skyscrapers so fits that too!
@@sebastianelytron8450 for what 🙄
I watched this on my phone so it was ok haha ^^;
I feel violated...
I would just like to praise Vox editors/animators/artists for the incredible work they're doing. The videos are truly stunning.
once again Vox teaching me about things I didn't even realize I wanted to know! Keep the interesting videos coming!
Something's wrong with the video, guys. Looks like a vertical phone nightmare. It's very distracting.
i watched it in my phone and it's still bad since highest vertical resolution is 360p
Vox is trolling smartphone users, haha.
JD Thompson it was intentional
Are you seriously that slow ? Haha
Please don't make videos in this vertical format
Others: Never do this again
iPad users: *Evil Laughs*
???????
@@karthiksashank6829 it perfectly fits fullscreen on an ipad
@@DanksterPaws Out of all the possible ratios they chose THE IPAD?
Insert complaint about aspects ration here ->
But yeah for real mans got it off Instagram or something
It fits the feel of the video perfectly tbh
@@TheOfficialChonDeeble nausea? Lol
Just two corrections: engineers design how a building goes together while architects design how a building looks.
It's the Sears tower not the Willis tower.
Alan Ferkinhoff, it’s no longer the Sears Tower. They are correct on that point, while you are correct on the previous point.
txag07 Nobody calls it the Willis Tower though.
@@agbook2007 try telling that to Chicagoans. It'll always be the Sears tower for them. Just like it's the Woolworth building in NY even though Woolworths went out of business.
Alan Ferkinhoff huh. you must be a fellow chicagoan 🤣
The engineers have the expertise in that field but architects must also have an understanding in structure, as structure dictates design and vice versa...
Clever use of aspect ratio to tie in with your video content
Annoying use of aspect ratio in stark contrast to the video content
@@emil335 No, it isn't. The video is about tall vertical things, why would it be landscape?
@@cutienerdgirl because RUclips videos are landscape and I prefer it staying that way
@@emil335 have you seen this RUclips video
@@emil335 RUclips videos are very flexible and can be of multiple aspect ratios and orientation. There are even 180 degrees video, 360 videos, etc. RUclips is not restricted to the landscape.
It just depends on the equipment you have to watch. I have both landscape and portrait monitors connected to my computer, and my phone can rotate as necessary.
I really like the vertical viewing mode for mobile👌🏻👌🏻
Yess!! More vertical videos please! Cant believe this isn’t done more often 😄
Not only is this a vertical video, it's a weird one. It's not 9:16 or even 3:4, it's about 1.3 times taller than wide (i.e. even more square than 3:4).
JorWat25, you are correct. It fits... only opening in a RUclips smart phone app... It collapses on the app as you scroll, but it looks incredibly weird in isolation on the phone, even more than on TV (which looks weird) or desktop.
I am not a fan of the gimmick either.
Vox, I love your videos, so it physically hurts me what you've done with the aspect ratio on this one. Had it made some kind of visual cohesion with the subject matter, maybe I would be okay with it, but considering the weird portrait-mode adds nothing to the video, this was a terrible idea. Please don't do it ever again. Thank you.
No it didn't. You might have been annoyed but you cannot be physically hurt by a video! And Please try to keep your immune system stronger than that or else someday just a punch 👊 might kill you
@@livehardordieeasy701 It is extremely uncomfortable though
I feel like they must have accidentally uploaded a video meant for facebook to youtube. I can't imagine that it was filmed like this.
I didn't feel a thing. Honestly it seems to me it's just a meme at this point that people say "uh, stop filming vertical bro" and don't really have a reason for it. Also, buildings are vertical, this video is vertical, there you have it, visual cohesion with the subject matter.
I mean it does have some cohesion with the subject matter though - skyscrapers being tall and thin and combining that with an aspect ratio similar to that.
There's nothing inherently wrong with vertical videos, but they are incredibly inconvenient on RUclips (even on mobile). Props for trying a new thing, and it may be worth it if you reformat videos for Facebook/Instagram, but RUclips is still the land of landscape.
As an engineering student, this pleases me greatly.
When you a civil engineer and see the maths behind these structural design specially damping with wind loads and seismic loads hahaha
For those complaining about the portrait format, it was certainly intentional, because of the vertical aspect of skyscrapers ;)
Why would anyone think it's not intentional...
@@Yuhara_rev you'd be surprised
@@Yuhara_rev judging for all the fuss, it sounded like some people were thinking that all Vox videos from now on would be vertical.
NO. They made the video in portrait format for all the idiots that watch videos on their iphones...
I don't care. Having 80% of my screen be black for an entire video is not something I really want.
The vertical aspect ratio looks terrible on a 21:9 ultrawide
thats ur own fault
@@kingcarcas1349 yes buy a monitor for a single video
@@kingcarcas1349 and their fault for thinking it's a good idea to make a vertical video on a landscape mode platform
Why are 3/4 of the comments complaining about the video being vertical CAN YOU APPRECIATE THE FREAKING VIDEO
It's a video about really narrow tall things, the portrait ratio makes perfect sense.
Only in cellphones, it's horrible to watch in a 16:9 monitor
Ewan Gatzea then watch it on your phone
@@ewangatzea1183 Some monitors can rotate and most video drivers recognize the key stroke combination ctrl-alt- to change the rotation. I have both a portrait and landscape screen connected to my computer. Reading and editing documents on the portrait screen is especially useful. Lastly, there are plenty of vertical videos on RUclips.
@@Obscurai ey, nice tip! I'm gonna try it to write
I actually think it’s cool and fits into the topic to make a vertical video! All the graphic explanation was shown more clearly in this direction. Lastly, it was a fresh watching experience via a phone. I like it!
This was an amazing video. Huge kudos for fitting so much info in such short time. We so lucky videos like this are free
I was confused by the format for a moment, but then I realized it’s brilliance.
I am confuse with the aspect ratio of this vid
Shut up
@@DanielLopez-jn4pn my comment went first before the explanation so you two shut up🙂
@@geezerreviews1636 why don't you have any music
Someone deleted his idiotic comment
You obviously are not from Chicago. It's still the Sears Tower and it will always be the Sears Tower.
I actually liked the vertical format, helped to fully appreciate the skyscrapers.
The vertical video serves a purpose and contours the skyscrapers really well. I, for one, enjoyed it.
Video was amazing. Portrait format was not.
don't make vertical videos, please .
RUclips is not Instagram or TikTok or Snapchat.
Everything has its own space.
You must have a pleb phone that doesn't adjust
Its intentional
@@mr.b3168 You must have a phone pleb
I love the pace of Vox videos. I also didn’t know that’s why they did that, you learn something new every day!
I love you guys, I get why the vertical but please, let this be the only one
Just imagine if your entire apartment just started swaying to the side like a carnival ride...
Some highrise can move up to 1 meter lateral drift ! Some other have felt acceleration uncomfortable! Structural dynamic engineering is important part of design of these buildings
Yeah, thats called an earthquake.
Engineer here - Stop giving architects the credit for these designs. They make things look pretty while the engineers make it happen.
yah high-end architects are mostly about making phalluses to glorify themselves while engineers are the ones making it actually turgid!
Also an engineer here - obviously you dont know what architects do so stop crying at youtube and make some better use of your life
@@Alkuf100 I'm glad you're an engineer and not a life coach. Nice try, but I'm literally a licensed architectural engineer who designs buildings for a living and I work with architects every single day. I was previously at SOM, in fact, and continue to this day to be surprised how often architects are given credit for Bill Baker's brilliant engineering designs. My comment stands.
But if i give u a blank paper to start with, u probably knew nothinngg or how to start with. Let alone how to design space for human being.
Al Quinn correct, but architects are drawing phalluses to glorify their owner.
for a change - im watching this on a phone and i love the format!
Thank you for the vertical video.
No sarcasm. An actual thank you. I love it
Other people : never do this again
Apple users : *laughs in hidden*
Why???
Rohit Jain this aspect ratio perfectly fits to iPad’s screen
Vox made it on a vertical format to match the video's theme about skyscrapers *mindblown*
This portrait format was the coolest thing I’ve ever watched on my iPad
wow that was so eye opening
Are people seriously complaining about the ratio of the video? I liked the idea a lot, since we are talking about skyscrapers. Please, Vox, continue innovating.
Thank you.
How about the 310 metres *pixelated* tower in Bangkok? That design is interesting...
I have to design a skyscraper for my arch design class so this was very informative. Here's a summary for people who'd like a tl:dr
Skyscrapers have to go against the wind. These methods help:
1. Tapering (the skyscraper gets more skinny as it ascends higher in the sky like the shard
- No hard edges since they aren't good on wind, so you'll often see skyscrapers with round corners
- Small cut out in the corners
- Sawtooth corners like Taipei 101
- Reduces movement by 25 percent
2. Openings
- Kingdom Centre in Saudi Arabia
- Shanghai World Financial Center
- 432 Park Avenue in NY has several double-floor cutouts that allow wind to pass through
3. Twisting
- Redirects wind
- educes swaying forces on the structure
- Shanghai tower
- Reduced wind load by 24%
- Saved 58 million
4. Damper
- Slosh tanks, water sloshes back and forth and its weight displacement helps keep the building from swaying
- Massive weights… hidden
- Chifley tower
- Taipei 101 has it open "Damper Baby"
- Steel ball is also there to counteract earthquakes
"As people move out of rural areas to more urban ones, skyscrapers will keep getting taller and skinnier."
don't see this kind of vertical video format often but i like it
The Taipei 101’s steel ball is also there to counteract earthquakes.
Structural engineers provide tuned mass dampers to reduce the wind-induced accelerations in buildings for occupant comforts and not for seismic protections.
I design high rise buildings in earthquake-prone regions like the US west coast and in no tall building, you will see tuned mass dampers as a seismic solution. Because buildings respond at different frequencies while tuned mass damper can help a building at one particular frequency, it becomes useless in earthquakes as the response of a building is more often at high frequencies rather than primary frequency that the TMD was tuned to. A much more efficient solution is using viscous dampers.
Even in TAIPEI 101, the dampers excitation during an earthquake was inconsistent again because of the high-frequency nature of the ground motions. The engineers themselves would not have counted the damper as the source of energy dissipation in seismic excitation.
Jinal Doshi Cool, good to know.
Wind: *confused*
hurts itself in its confusion
I absolutely love the vertical video.
ONE OF THE FEW TIMES VERTICAL VIDEO MADE SENSE. THAT SEQUENCE OF SHOTS OF THE SHARD WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND COMPOSED WITH LESS WASTED NEGATIVE SPACE DUE TO THE ASPECT RATIO. THIS WAS GOOD. THANKS.
The ratio is perfect. Good thing I watch RUclips on my phone a lot lol.
Thank you structural engineers for all the hard work that goes into designing these buildings.
Love the frame oml
Great, interesting and and informative video, Vox! Don't listen to the haters, I love the use of the "vertical" aspect ratio to visually reference your subject matter. Great concept
I loved the vertical aspect ratio on this video. Really brings focus to the verticality of the architecture.
The video was great. Except for the vertical format. That's why disliked it: just as a deterrent.
I like the aspect ratio. Cool that you try different things.
One of the best vertical videos I ve ever watched
*confused confusion intensifies*
The heck is the Willis Tower? Oh, the Sears Tower.
I actually thing it was a genius idea to use the vertical radio for the topic of skyscrapers. Great job Vox!
I like this format
I will never call it anything but Sears Tower, take your Willis and shove it!
"keep building to the sky"
uhhh what happens when a tornado or thunderstorm comes in the *literal sky*?
I love the format!
Love the vertical format! It was a surprise, which was lovely! And it fits the video topic perfectly. Plus, I was looking for Vox design videos to watch while I was eating, because I like to listen to less visual videos while I’m doing something, and I like to take the time watch more visual videos when I have the opportunity to pay more attention to my screen (like when I’m eating breakfast). So this satisfied that perfectly!
Not a huge fan of the portrait video. Interesting stuff, though.
You know when to stop watching when he calls the "Sears Tower", the Willis Tower.
It was renamed in 2009. So he said it right .
Edward Kaplan I can see that you do not understand. It will forever be the Sears tower to us. As one fellow commenter put it “It is spelled ‘Willis’ but pronounced ‘Sears’.”
@@BC33714 you don't understand . He went by what the building is called today.. SO no matter which one of the words he would have used there are trolls like yourself that would be offended either way. So it's safe for him to say it the right way. I know I can't be wrong here.
This was actually interesting thank you youtube and Vox.
I loved the vertical aspect of this video
A channel dedicated to construction called B1M has done a much more in depth video on the same topic. Check it out.
Architects? Did you mean Civil Engineers?
Everyone gangsta until wind stop getting confused
I loved the vertical aspect!!! Great video!!!
From civil engineer perspective, it hurts saying that the architectural engineers are the ones who are responsible for these techniques. Seismic and structural engineers have spend a lot of time and research to develop such techniques. Otherwise it is very good video.
What's with not having 16:9
Experimental video.
I don’t want this video to ever end‼️😫
Love this kind of episodes