Who Built a Secret Mountaintop Mansion on Top of This Skyscraper?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
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Drone and satellite images revealed an enormous garden on top of a skyscraper, complete with a vineyard and swimming pool.
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It actually no bad idea though as long as you don't endanger the structure or building safety, it looks like sky garden Mesopotamia and it makes the building looks more green and nice to look. Perhaps they should planed it from the start, calculated everything, not adding it after the building built so it wouldn't damaged other people properties.
NurmaBP That's the problem. It did cause structural problems to the building.
Kai-Zer Inc. I think what he saying is if they planned this from the start when the building was constructed there wouldn't be any structural problems.
Yes, except that it was’nt the owner of the building who did this. The owner of the top floor penthouse created this mountain retreat
How about the ski slope built on top of a POWER PLANT in Copenhagen?
If it were more structurally sound and wouldn't collapse the rest of the building, it would be more architecturally important. But still it is interesting. It's amazing they tried this and got so much up there, all to be torn down though.
Morgan Violet Hart my thoughts exactly, architecturally it’s a great concept! If they have the money and the means to do it, it’s a retreat for people who wants to get out of the city atmosphere, making better use of the space , but probably not for one person, that project that size is good for the community use. Unless of course the owner got planning permission and the money for it I suppose, but a city would almost never give out a planning permission like that for one unit
Go team .Alofa to everyone around & happy days for clear skin , clean drinking water and fresh food 👍
Yes, that’s exactly how he did that! He carried rocks in his pockets 🤦♀️
Her intelligence is on fire! Damn, look out lol
LOL. The ole' Shawshank redemption construction trick. Let's just hope the building can handle the extra weight.
Shawshank Skyscraper
@@Kennedy1op Wow... She was OBVIOUSLY joking. Your intelligence is on fire. Also, your sense of humor. Burnt.
@@Krystinell fight me
All buildings should have a mountain on top! It's awesome!
I'm an architect and I approve this message xD
If you were a real architect you would know what constant standing water weight and the weight of all that plant matter at the very top of the structure and extending over the sides would be a big problem. Especially those huge willow trees and the haphazard steel scaffolding and outriggers extending over the top of the building. These vintage Chinese skyscrapers are badly built to begin with, this is a disaster waiting to happen. The leaks and cracks in the below apartments and the elevator shaft should have been a clue. He jeopardized the lives of everyone in that building by putting such a massive weight on top.Furthermore, he did not have any right to extend his apartment to the entire roof of the building and it is 100% likely he tapped into the fire sprinkler system (if the building has one) to water all those plants.
@@kevin123456789994 : In your ywo comments, the word you're looking for is "you're" (the contracted form of the second person, singular, present tense, indicative mode of the irregular verb "to be"). The word you wrote, "your", is the genitive form of the personal pronoun "you". You need to brush up on your basic English skills if you want to write effectively and make an impact on your audience.
@@kevin123456789994 relax bro, why do you have to be so triggered over a comment?
@FiFA King, stop being jealous.
@@kevin123456789994 Well done, I can,t stand these sort of self entitled people
So much bullshit. "We don't notice a mountain on a skyscraper, no one noticed for so long". How could you miss that facade being quite visible from the ground level, in addition to being able to look out your window in one of the higher floors, or down the street? Seriously, it is like they expect their viewers to be mentally handicapped.
rixille lol
Their viewers are mostly from Beijing so yeah all of them are handicapped
Of course everyone saw it! But in communist China, you keep your opinions to yourself, and you don't film other people's stuff, or you may end up arrested and in prison. So of course nobody said anything about it!
The narrator sounds like he should be working for "America's Most Wanted".
Indigo The Demigod or gold rush show
Althou it has been reinforced I agree with you
Let the man have his nest.
@Zaid Ali Khan how is that a pun?
Till it comes down collapsing and killing residents
@@ghostface4250 Learn how to add a profile picture.
Your name is worthless without it
James Wayne Yeah you’re probably right.
@James Wayne Might do alright on a building in America, but one built in China sure doesn't give much confidence.
That actually looks pretty amazing, especially if that was a public garden, if he had planning permission and made it for public use it would actually be a nice concept for a design, especially in a dense area like Beijing. The mountain side is kinda like a retreat for people either in the area or for the resident on the tower block. It could maybe be implied into other designs. Having a mountain terrace feature is certainly better than just a flat roof.
The issue was because the owner wanted it all to himself without even a planning permission. If he did it properly and have a decent proposal it would of have been a nice concept and avoided some errors like cracks and the heavy load coming from the roof
It really is great looking but like some of the residence pointed it out it can compromise the structure and the building can collapse. Also having so much water up there can cause leakage which again can damage the entire building's structure. Something like this should not be done without city permit, architect approvals and inspections.
Why public use? Its his fricken home.
So no one in the neighbouring buildings noticed... seems legit
They did notice. Idk wtf this narrator is smoking but neighbors did complain but didn't know that this guy has no permit to built this gigantic mountain on top of the skyscraper.
morethejamesx39 of course they noticed this video is talking shit!
Everyone theres has known since it was built!
This is just American TV over dramatising everything.
WHY TAKE IT DOWN ???
Why Are We Still Here? Pretty assertive. Thanks
"Secret" Mountaintop, literally everyone notices.
No one Noticed the mountain mansion for 6 years. Yeah bullshit 😂, you can CLEARLY see it from ground level at 1:10 in the video
Jax I’ve lived in the city and that’s actually really believable. How many people walk around looking up? You might see it driving in but it might not be clear enough to make it out. I get what you’re saying tho, since it’s obviously visible.
It happened in China. Asians generally tend to mind their own business a lot more than nosy Americans. Esp in a country where the damn government is watching everyone for signs of social deviance. You can get your travel privileges revoked, even within the country, if you don't earn enough "good docile citizen" points. Google it. Not surprising at all.
Everyone is looking at their personal electronic devices. The heads-down tribe.
@@allynnamccleod6479
You talk about it like you live there.
Stop confusing your opinion for fact.
He are the facts:
This occurred in 2013.
All the residents knew about it and complained from day one, but because the owner of the top floor apartment was mega rich and connected, no officials stepped in.
The order to dismantle the Suite was given, only after cracks began to form within the structure.
You want to talk about Google?
Google search Professer Zhang Lin and then talk about things like you're an expert........
@@omegaman6193
你一定是個傻瓜
This should be encouraged and supported by the government (improve the structure of buildings) and get nature on the top especially on overpopulated countries
Really! !
Alex Mihai The building is not designed to support the enormous extra weight on the roof, which is why it was causing leaks and cracks throughout the other residential units. It is a safety hazard to just throw something on top of a building without the proper engineering and support structures. It should NOT be encouraged to illegally and unsafely construct any additions to a building.
Idiot. It even says at the beginning that the extra weight might collapse the building
Why is the music so intense lol
Because American TV viewers have been taught to be so stupid and have such short attention spans that they must be stimulated at all times, otherwise they might change the channel or slip into a coma or something.
Gordon Struth 🤣
Because there is a mountain on top of a building
Gordon Struth 😂
@@gordon1545 LMFAO!
Soooo... Watched the video. They did not answer the WHO portion of the title question.
Jacemachine Gaming He probably had to keep his identity a secret because of the humiliation.
Jacemachine Gaming Yeah the title is asking a question, not making a statement.
Professor Zhang Lin
Thanks jstrahan2! I'm gonna go read about this person, now. :)
mah son Bruce lee made it
This guy needs employment in making sky gardens. He is brilliant
“I want to know how he did it” he’s rich AF
아파트 무너지겟다
나무 심으면 시멘트까지 뿌리내려서 무너진다
@@user-ho8wk5zu2i 그러나 뿌리가 침투하는 것을 방지하는 방법이 있을 수 있습니다. 그렇지 않으면 각 건물 위에 식물이 있으면 매우 환경 친화적입니다!
but there may be ways to prevent roots from penetrating. otherwise it would be very environmentally friendly if each building has plants on top!
Y'all hate the beautiful mountain retreat? Come on now that's some beautiful goodness
It seem dangerous to leave it up there
It is beautiful, but the building structure don't support, it caused damage, and with that weight I'm afraid it would somehow caused the building to collapse just like what happened to a mall in South Korea decade ago (they placed/moved a very heavy AC blowers in the top of the roof building and stuff, it cracked the building structure, etc. etc. So many people death.)
Loool you guys really though its real rock there??? Its obviously light weight contruction, the owner had to carry them up some how, its usually made from metal frame and cement, all thouse rock are hollow, the entire mountain is lighter than each floor of that building.
building may collapse because of overweight.
It’s dangerous, whether beautiful, cool or not, it’s just dangerous and dumb
I am from Beijing and I miss this funny mansion
绝世甜瓜 do you even allowed to use youtube in china mate
vidyasagar lol
I study in America now. Chinese are not allowed to approach TH-cam but some people use VPN
People cannot change it so we have to adapt it.
lol. But I wanna say this building is in a really good location.
"Destroying is easier than building"
says who?
@@batmanishsuperman9810 joke was that it was hard to find, and obviously, it'd be harder to destroy since it's easier to pour all the dirt out of a sack than to put it back in. Unless they just throw it all the way down from the top of the building, then that'd be a hazard
@@kindaedgy3548 Some of those rocks are huge and must have been air lifted from a chopper.
That's some Phineas and Ferb action right there. I'd like to see inside of the mansion
how the hell this was built without anyone noticing over the course of 6 years O_o?
They brought rocks in pockets for 6 years. This is why it took so long. Duh.
nah, no real rock were used, it is made from metal frame covered with cement, just how fake rock are made in garden design, when you want a big waterfall, all what he did was carrying a lot of cement and some steel net.
It was never built, it was discovered.
Of course people noticed it, but in communist China you keep your opinions to yourself, and you don't tattle on other people, or you may end up arrested and in prison.
thats was anticlimactic
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Wow... what a brilliant idea ! Why would you want to turn that down ? This is inspiring and great !
Good to have so many qualified subject matter experts with speaking parts
Seriously? I don't know which one is worse the person who went out the way to build this elaborate thing on the rooftop or the fact that nobody noticed it.
You're right. Or how he got permission to build it too. Maybe someone got a big payoff to allow him to do it.
Imagine falling down a mountain, and then falling off an apartment block 🤣
Twice as terrifying lol
there should be ways to solve that problem and it would be good for the environment if every building has plants on top!
Why do you need to put scary sound effects to this video
Julius Torre because america are drama queen
its to make it sound interesting unlike ur comments
What a genius!Dangerous for the other tenants but still.And seriously, no one saw it?From the other buildings???
Yes, of course they saw it. Everyone saw it. But nobody said anything because this is communist China, where you keep your opinions to yourself or risk imprisonment.
its a great idea. keep it green even over a city's hustle and bustle.
Dude builds all that without the owners permission nor knowledge is beyond me.
All that extra weight on the roof that the original structural engineers didn't account for, it's a miracle the building didn't collapse.
Have you seen how they build fake rock countruction in park and garden design? Its made from metal frame and covered with cement, its hollow inside...The entire mountain is lighter than each floor of that building...I dobt the owner carried so much real rocks through elevator up to the roof...
please tell me what materials they used first hand and where you got your degree
Battlecry Eden You have no clue what all of the stuff up there was. Just because it's possible to simulate rocks using lightweight materials doesn't mean that everything up there was light. Did you even see all of the plants? That means lots of soil which can hold lots of water and water is very heavy. It was more than one level so there had to be some solid, heavy building materials to hold up a roof that was sturdy enough to hold up all of that planted area. The government officials were also having problems removing the structure, which seems to imply that there was a lot more than lightweight fake rocks up there. It definitely weighed more than the floors below and architects would have accounted for that weight and made sure it was properly distributed to load baring portions of the structure.
Well said Battlecry, you can assemble very realistic looking 'rocks' in many ways from poured cement.
Sweeptheleg ! it didnt collapse because it made in china. chinese architect isnt the same as chinese cheap product for poor american to buy
This is both Brilliant and Crazy at The same Time lol. 🤔🤓😤😲😭😨
Nu niji
I know it’s not good for the building but god bless the man for taking the time in doing this for himself ! Just wow
Takes 6 years to build boom has to be taken down. I feel bad for the guy but you shouldn't make something like that on a Skyscraper where other people live too
It actually looked cool, and they just want to make it look dull again, lame!
Yep, that's China for ya. They don't like things to look cool or unique.
considering their construction standards this jeopardize the building integrity
What can we say, it is CHINA
T H they want to make it look dull again before it collapses in on itself and kills everybody in the building
Luke Beauchamp that's more like the west
Clearly, someone is living their dream. I wish l could. Amazing. These are the videos l enjoy watching on youtube.
it is better than most of the tourist attraction I ve ever been.. it should be preserved for tourist and visiters.....
might be shoddy work, but a great project otherwise
...and people wonder why we have building safety codes...
How is that possible ??? Nobody knew what happened up there ??? I can’t believe it !!!
Why did people remove this!? things like this with a lot of plants should be good for the environment.
Yes, why the stupid people that remove this!...
Yeah they shouldn't have who cares if the building collapses and kills people 🤨🤨
Rumor says they are still dismantling.
Feb 2018.
I think it's cool, and I'm guessing those rocks are artificial.
It is actually a great use of the top floor of that building, just make it smaller and safer then open to the residents
I am absolutely amazed that the building didn't collapse. Buildings like this are not meant to support millions of pounds of rock and earth on the roof. Its a miracle people weren't killed.
This is like that one episode of sponge bob where they built the krusty krab on top of a building and then it all collapsed down
Hey
I bet patrick build that stone penthouse..
Is 'Science Channel' really a science channel?
Maybe I missed it, but I heard no estimations on the potential load bearing capabilities of the building, nor from engineers with a professional opinion.
Not Sure It was an illegally built structure that was causing severe leaks and cracks in the residential units beneath it. There doesn’t need to be estimates about the load bearing capabilities of the building. Obviously, the building was not designed to support a huge pile of rocks on its roof, nor was the addition safely or properly constructed. It was ordered to be demolished, end of story.
They should have just checked it was safe and then left it because it is beautiful. A natural wonder. It could have helped tourism in that area. I am sure people would have been curious to explore.
This guy should be commissioned to create these wonderful paradises
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God Exists no he doesn't
This would make City life more fun. Love it.
That’s pretty incredible. They should leave it there. It’s like a piece of artwork on top of the building.
The building was buckling. It wasn't designed for millions of pounds of weight right on top. His gardens, pools and septic tanks were leaking through people's ceilings.
This is more like Ancient Astronaut theorist say - Yes!
something tells me that "no one knew" is a bit exaggerated
What a beautiful green building top! If only he had not put so many giant boulders up there, which drew all the attention.
Without those heavy object added of the top floor, if it was only a simple garden it could be nice for putting back the nature on top that's been taken by the building below
How the fuck did no one notice it
I say they should keep the mountain mansion up there as a tourist attraction.
Dillon Wright it will be a graveyard attraction once the building collapsed because of those heavy boulders.
omg...people are really dumb these day, you really thing that mountain is heavy? and those are real rocks...Have you seen how they build fake miniature mountain in garden? Its a metal frame covered in cement and painted in rock color, its hollow inside...Nobody gona carry that much of heavy stuff to the roof of the building, especially real rock.
Battlecry Eden might not be a real rocks but it still heavy. Will you still live in a cracked apartment? Omg you are so stupid bla bla bla
That's toooooo sick. Pure genius
that would have been a pretty cool addition to the skyscraper, if anyone actually minded the weight and safety of it
Now that's what I call taking real estate to new heights! *ba-dum crash
Lmaoo homie watched gargoyles and said "hold my beer"
It's so heart wrenching
What a great idea for topping off a building. If everyone did it that would really help cities stay cooler and cleaner during the Summer. Roof tops could become public spaces for the live-in tenants of that building: a playground for the kids; a place to have a picnic; a place to sun and swim; the possibilities are endless. The owner of that building should have sold his idea to the city before executing his idea:(
I want something like this but purpose designed from the beginning so the sky scraper is built to handle the load.
I think Dubai has something in hand for you. Look up all of their upcoming projects.
How tf was he supposed to remove that in 2 weeks come on na😭😭
1:10 From there you can see it from the ground so how can no one have noticed it being built? Also, that whole building might have structural damage now since it wasn't designed to hold all that extra weight.
The columns can, and the flooring held up just fine so eh🤷♂️
Woah amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank God for drones!
Thats a step backwards, having mountaintop villas like that should be a trend all over the world, it would make cities cleaner, more relaxing, probably even safer.
zz did u learn nothing from this video lol “safer?”
The weight may cause the building to collapse .
Penthouse mountain owner: You aren’t allowed up here
Local drone operator: I’m about to end this man’s whole career
FORGET THE BUILDING THE GIRL 1:58 IS SO STUNNING
why do these videos always start with pictures from satellites
Adrian Higareda
lol you are kinda right
Because they’re bullshit.
If they just start with Chinese local news videos, it seems like they are not part of this news but just copying. In short, they just want to be lazy but sneaky
He could've just use lightweight artificial rocks and shrubbery just to give a mountainous effect. But instead he used a real mountain lol 😂
You’d be surprised what skyscrapers are capable of withstanding if given the proper structure and material. This man probably used some for of help from some of the neighbors and in return he paid them. They were probably also told to shut up or he would not pay them anymore. The structure was there for 6 years that not one neighbor knew about it. That’s sketchy and I bet my money at least 10 neighbors and outside workers helped him work on it. Plus the man has to be super wealthy to get so much done in little time.
They should let him keep it! What a great mind he has! Love ur work mate
Idk how no one noticed that but god damn I'd love to have a mountain top mansion like that on top of a skyscraper. Seems so serene.
That Niki chick is fiiiiiiinnnneeee.
I was trying to find this comment
fucking stupid though ...
Glorywhole yeee
Glorywhole good God YES!!!!!!!!
Glorywhole
I was thinking the same thing !
Paul FRENCH?!
For a country known for snitching even on their own family, this seems very odd that the structure went unnoticed for so long
What a massive creativity.
Try one another like this
Ur's yak rock
How much money does the owner has? Damn, whoever it is, I'm willing to be their stepchild
:))
How this goes unnoticed during 6 yrs of construction is beyond truth. Should have stopped long time ago.
It definitely wasn't unnoticed
This is one of the coolest things ive ever seen. I wanna befriend the guy that did this.
If residents were complaining, it didn't go on unnoticed...the management just sucked at responding to maintenance complaints. Typical.
Chinese construction standards are notoriously shoddy; this is a catastrophe waiting to happen.
fishing4truth yea, and 10 years later nothing happen, notice this news was in 2010
Sir, as a former building engineer I have some experience working in and on high rise commercial buildings in the Los Angeles area. To say that nothing has happened in 10 years is like telling me you've never broken your leg, so you never will. As you'll notice, I said "waiting to happen", the clock is still ticking and time will tell the tale.
Its lex Luthor's building luxury apartment
It clearly didn't "go unnoticed"... it's a major construction project that would have required heavy industrial equipment... and you can see it from the street.
this is amazing and that should be the model future architects and engineers will consider.
i just don't get it...if he had the money to build it, then why not just build it somewhere else?? like on the fucking ground? or even a hill? Why the top of a building? how tf did it go unnoticed? that's BS. so many questions
jim halpert so so so so so many
Oh okay, so the title question was actually you asking us who built it? Because you don’t seem to know, or aren’t interested in sharing that part of the documentary.. cool thanks, I’ll get back to you on that.
Zhang Lin.
I think the most ridiculous thing about this whole video is how police records show that people complained about long wait times for the elevator. If that doesn't take the cake, I don't know what does. Someone called the police because of a long que at an elevator. Ugh.
Wow! And to think that initially, they were trying to limit the amount of marble that Candy Spelling was using in HER penthouse (eventually, she prevailed, and the building, still under construction, received extra reinforcements and stabilizers, to compensate for all her marble). But THIS is just unreal!
You got to like this media, no updates, no responses. No completion. Just a bite out of the sandwich.
Angel Saavedra 😂😂😂
The Builder is my hero I can't believe he built it and got away with it for so long the city should have just left him keep it there and they should have complimented him and how good it looked and they should just made all the other building owners build nice things like on top of their ugly building roofs too
U dumbshits didnt even watch the vid or what???
I still don't know how he could build this without nobody noticing ! 🤔🤔
Amazing but the way this video presents it is frickin hilarious, what a world
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- yea i said it..
Ho Lee Fuk
Ha ha ha!
Wi Tu Hai.
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@@MrDougpro pork fry rice eggroll?
Why people just can't differentiate Cantonese and Mandarin...they sound so different...
😂 only in china. but that was amazing
This was badass. Hate to see it go.
When a Helicopter landing pad is just not enough...