“The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec • Hacker News Board

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by rand85632 » Sat, Feb 19, 2022, 5:47 PM UTC

emrex wrote: post #6

Correct me if I am wrong but the number of floors does not meet the 50m height at all !!!

Looks like it may have been a mistranslation of sorts with a 5-0 ft wall

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by vidarh » Sat, Feb 19, 2022, 5:47 PM UTC

francislavoie wrote: post #10

emrex wrote: post #6

Correct me if I am wrong but the number of floors does not meet the 50m height at all !!!

It might be measured from the basement floors up

Or someone has confused meters and feet.

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by aaron_m04 » Sat, Feb 19, 2022, 5:48 PM UTC

emrex wrote: post #6

Correct me if I am wrong but the number of floors does not meet the 50m height at all !!!

It looks closer to 20m to me.

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by francislavoie » Sat, Feb 19, 2022, 5:49 PM UTC

vidarh wrote: post #12

francislavoie wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It might be measured from the basement floors up

Or someone has confused meters and feet.

Yeah, sounds about right. 50 feet = 15 meters.

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by samwillis » Sat, Feb 19, 2022, 5:49 PM UTC

Seems to have been hugged to death, mirror:

https://archive.is/0gcfh

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by emrex » Sat, Feb 19, 2022, 5:50 PM UTC

rand85632 wrote: post #11

emrex wrote: post #6

Correct me if I am wrong but the number of floors does not meet the 50m height at all !!!

Looks like it may have been a mistranslation of sorts with a 5-0 ft wall

Wanted to say maybe 50 feet but since I never measured with feet I was not confident enough.

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by Keyframe » Sat, Feb 19, 2022, 5:51 PM UTC

If you want to see another example of urban 'planning' against powerful winds, see Mediterranean coast. It's littered with densly packed narrow streets.

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by emrex » Sat, Feb 19, 2022, 5:52 PM UTC

aaron_m04 wrote: post #13

emrex wrote: post #6

Correct me if I am wrong but the number of floors does not meet the 50m height at all !!!

It looks closer to 20m to me.

Since can not bee sure about the floor standard I would say also between 20 to 25 at most.

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by jaclaz » Sat, Feb 19, 2022, 5:53 PM UTC

francislavoie wrote: post #14

vidarh wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or someone has confused meters and feet.

Yeah, sounds about right. 50 feet = 15 meters.

Yes, 5 storeys x 3 meters = 15 metres, it sounds right.

Re: “The Wall” Housing Structure In Fermont, Quebec

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Post by samwillis » Sat, Feb 19, 2022, 5:57 PM UTC

mrgriscom wrote: post #2

I've actually been here: http://mrgris.com/travel/blog/labrador/2/ Quite a weird place, though definitely not 50m tall.

Pretty sure its a typo and meant to say 50ft, which is about 15m or about 2.7m/floor plus another 1.5m extra for the roof for the five story buildings you can see in the pictures.

That looks like an incredible trip!