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Favorite Comment: Bob-H says: “Build your own balcony out of bamboo and linen — and prepare to meet Kali — in Hell.”
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Reminds me of that old picture with the baby in a metallic cage out the window over a busy new-york street.
M Jackson style, no doubt.
Didn’t they shoot that anti smoking commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB_vwPIFydg) on this balcony? Although I’m not even sure its a balcony. By the looks of it, could even be a jacuzzy.
probably getting ready to install an A/C unit. never seen a modernish looking building with such a kludge of A/C units. anybody know what country?
The bamboo ought to give it away …
Why install the railing for a one time use platform?
That thing is semi-permanent. You can see metal brackets bolted to the building on either side of the platform. I assume there are also metal brackets underneath to support the “floor”.
I’m guessing it is a place to sleep, because the apartment is too hot to sleep in, without air conditioning. Alternatively, the apartment is too crowded.
It was obviously built in an area where bamboo is a common construction material. Making the “White Trash Repair” tagline particularly inappropriate.
It is very likely to be in Hong Kong. They use bamboo structures like this for repairs and construction on the outside of buildings. The government has some very strict guidelines regarding these structures, when they are needed and how they are to be built. The fabric is to stop tools and such from falling on pedestrians below.
This is a very common sight in Hong Kong.
http://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/public/os/D/SafetyGuideBambooScaffolding.pdf
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/390088839_6bd4c29612.jpg
In most cases in Hong Kong bamboo is used instead of metal scaffolding. This is actually quite a common sight.
Longgun is right. The structure looks like it follows the rules in the Hong Kong Safety Guide, with one exception. In the Safety Guide, there are always men in blue uniforms, with yellow hardhats, pointing at things.
See if you can pick out which condo belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Tarzan.
Oh, don’t worry, no one has ever gotten hurt on my balcony… well except for Sharon, she fell through the blanket, rest her soul. After that we got the idea to lay down cardboard to keep from falling through.
Well, it wasn’t entirely your fault, you know. She was a bit thin on account of the anoxeria, wasn’t she? She was eating like a bird.
My first thought was what bob_super said, but now I wonder if they are raising pigeons. Delicious, nourishing pigeons… while considerately shielding the rest of the building face and passersby from the detritus.
Times is tough. Maybe they’re trying to ENCOURAGE wild pigeons to nest there… and be eaten. Or maybe they just like pigeon eggs.
Build your own balcony out of bamboo and linen — and prepare to meet Kali — in Hell.
I guess they could never unlock the door to the bathroom.
Is that to make it easier for Neo next time around?
what’s with all the repeated pictures?
Congratulations on the new baby! Looks like the theme of the nursery will be very uplifting! “And down will come baby, cradle and all!”
“I put my hands up, they’re playing my song
Butterflies fly away
Nodding my head like yeah
Releasing my ‘chute like yeah
I put my hands up, they’re playing my song
I know I’m gonna be OK
Yeah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
There’s a party on the bal-con-ay”
Sorry, I’ve got 2 girls, so I hear this song ALL THE TIME
You guys know what this probably is? It’s most probably a college beer cooler. I read about these things in my brothers gag book “The College Survival guide”
This is very common here in Hong Kong as these bamboo is good for minor modification (such as installing A/C units). The platform is still made from metal/iron bars and is bolted to the outside wall, it is just the outer rails are made from bamboo to reduce the weight for the structure.
It looks like the newest game from Parkour Brothers.
My question is…if this is a “balcony,” are they crawling out the window to get to it? Because, looking at the floors above and below, those are obviously windows…and since the “floor” of the “balcony is not level with the bottom of the windows, they’d have to perform an interesting combination of “crawl through the window” and “not fall through the floor” at the same time.
Yes, it is just outside the window.
Hey, I lived in Hong Kong for a while, and you see bamboo scaffolding like that everywhere! It’s the cheapest, safest, most environmentally friendly way to fix AC units, windows, or practically anything on the outside of a high rise / skyscraper.
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/6888/hong-kong-bamboo-scaffolding.html
I’d love to hang around in there
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“There are two ways out of that building, Neo: one is that scaffold, the other is in their custody. You take a chance either way: I leave it to you.”
New – Balconies by Ikea.
Mother-in-law apartment.
Boss: “I don’t care what the safety guy said. Get your but out there and finish the job!”
I especially the extra safety feature of the second and third horizontal rails so people don’t accidentally fall over.
If you build it… Health and Safety Inspectors will come…
Early prototype model for the Sears/Willis Tower skyboxes, in its alpha development stages
If only Neo had one…
It’s actually safer than the other setups in the picture. I don’t know about you but I’d rather get hit by a falling idiot than a falling AC unit.
and you dont know why? try it yourself and learn-the hard way…down
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