365 Days of Drabbles, Day 212 + 213
Dec. 8th, 2013 05:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jeriendhalFor ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
avanti_90: “A contest for mad architects”
Note: Yeah I said no fanfic requests. I reserve the right to be inconsistent.
* * *
Third Annual Dono Vorrutyer Memorial Architecture Competition
“Aral, are you all right?” Cordelia asked with concern. Her husband the Lord Regent was standing in front of the model apartment building, one of two dozen on display in the University of Vorbarr Sultana's commencement hall, his head cocked at a sharp angle as he followed the spiral from the base of the building to the... she thought it might be a vertical launch tower at the top, but it was hard to tell.
“I think I've looked at too many of these,” he admitted. “This one almost makes sense.”
“I thought the art museum design with all the plumbing mounted outside was rather clever,” she noted.
“But not practical for maintenance purposes. The whole point behind Vorrutyer's designs was that while they might have been insane to an outsider's perspective, they actually hung together and worked.”
“Yes, but how many other stadiums since the Roman Coliseum can be flooded for underwater combat competitions?”
“True, dear Captain." Aral looked around. "We should find Miles and Bothari and head back to the palace.”
“Oh, let them stay a while. Miles might be inspired.”
“So I fear...”
avanti_90: “A contest for mad architects”Note: Yeah I said no fanfic requests. I reserve the right to be inconsistent.
* * *
Third Annual Dono Vorrutyer Memorial Architecture Competition
“Aral, are you all right?” Cordelia asked with concern. Her husband the Lord Regent was standing in front of the model apartment building, one of two dozen on display in the University of Vorbarr Sultana's commencement hall, his head cocked at a sharp angle as he followed the spiral from the base of the building to the... she thought it might be a vertical launch tower at the top, but it was hard to tell.
“I think I've looked at too many of these,” he admitted. “This one almost makes sense.”
“I thought the art museum design with all the plumbing mounted outside was rather clever,” she noted.
“But not practical for maintenance purposes. The whole point behind Vorrutyer's designs was that while they might have been insane to an outsider's perspective, they actually hung together and worked.”
“Yes, but how many other stadiums since the Roman Coliseum can be flooded for underwater combat competitions?”
“True, dear Captain." Aral looked around. "We should find Miles and Bothari and head back to the palace.”
“Oh, let them stay a while. Miles might be inspired.”
“So I fear...”
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2013-12-09 01:45 am (UTC)http://www.flickr.com/photos/chriskillam/6794811818/
In Hong Kong, plumbing is often on the outside of the buildings. If a pipe bursts (which is often, as many toilets are flushed with seawater, which promotes corrosion), there is little damage to the apartments.
Not suitable in a climate where the pipes would freeze up long before Winterfair, of course.
no subject
Date: 2013-12-09 02:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-09 08:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-09 09:54 am (UTC)I'm just imagining raw sewage seeping down the side of a building...