We tend to think of demolition as destructive : dynamite , detritus , and plenty of firework . But as aNew York Timesarticle recently described , wipeout in dense cities is , more and more often , a “ stealth ” surgery , where a building is dismantled over a number of weeks .
The article delineate the ho-hum demolition of Tokyo ’s 40 - story Akasaka Hotel , which was take apart , piece by bit , at a rate of two narrative every ten day . The construction was built in 1982 by Kenzo Tange , a revered modernist who is much - loved by historians and architect — part of the reason why the stealth demolition seemed like a good idea . “ We desire citizenry not to really see the demolition work , ” the development manager tell the NYT . “ The stochasticity level is 20 dB low than the conventional way , and there ’s 90 percent less dust bequeath the sphere . ”
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