US Edition432 Robots and 7,500 Tons, China Moves an Entire Block of Buildings in Shanghai
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A street in downtown Shanghai was blocked by something unusual: an entire block began to move. It wasn't cranes or debris. It was entire buildings, more than a century old, sliding together on motorized platforms.
432 robots and 7,500 tons, China moves an entire block of buildings in Shanghai
The Zhangyuan (张园, lit. Zhang Garden) in Shanghai is a huge complex of shikumen (石库门) style architecture. Part of it, the Huayan Li (华严里) block of buildings, was moved in 2018 for preservation and underground construction work. In late May and early June, the block of shikumen buildings was moved back after 7 years. For about 3 weeks, the building complex “walked” with a speed of 10 metres per day. The 4,000 square metre Huayan Li building, wei…
The Chinese have moved buildings under them parking and mall. The buildings have been moved as many as 10 metres per day. The elevators have moved a building of 7,000 tons in 2012. The elevators have used hydraulic presses, iron wheels and railway lines. The building in Zurich has been moved with 5 meters per hour. The Chinese have moved an entire complex of over 100 years old with hydraulic robots to make underground parks, subway stations and …
The Shikumen buildings in Zhangyuan have been back in their original place since Saturday. More than 400 robots moved the 7,500-ton historic complex in a month, at an average speed of 10 meters per day. The 140-year-old complex was temporarily moved in 2018 to prevent the buildings from being damaged during construction.
A total of 432 robotic “paths” moved a historic complex of Shikumen buildings – traditional architectural style – of 7 500 tons of weight in Zhangyuan (Shanghai, China), as seen in a video shared last Thursday by local media on social network X, which went viral in a short time. They advance ten meters a day. The post Viral Video: In Shanghai they move an entire neighborhood using “paths” robotics first appeared on Cubadebate.
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