지진도 폭격도 아닌데… 13층 아파트가 '통째로' 쓰러졌습니다: 25년이면 무너질 집을 팔았다 | 중국 '두부공사'의 민낯

It wasn't an earthquake, nor was it a bomb. There was no fire, nor a gas explosion. Yet, a perfectly fine 13-story apartment building toppled over completely in the early morning hours. It did so without even breaking. This unbelievable incident actually took place in Shanghai, China, in 2009. We have delved into the full story behind this accident, which architecture professors around the world still bring up in their lectures to this day, asking, "Why on earth did this fall over?" From how a single pile of dirt brought down a 13-story building, to the expired licenses hidden behind it, the overseers in collusion, the people who lost their life savings, and the story of a worker who met his end on a construction site in the early morning. Please follow along with us to the very end to uncover the true story buried behind a single photograph that looked perfectly fine. Thank you for watching until the end. If you found this video interesting, please subscribe, like, and turn on notifications. ⏱️ Timeline 00:00 An entire intact 13-story apartment building collapsed 03:08 Only one of 11 buildings, Building 7, fell over 04:37 The sole victim, worker Xiao Dekun 06:19 “Why on earth?” The Beginning of the Investigation 07:01 The Culprit of the Accident Was 'Soil' 09:37 A Pit on One Side, a 10-meter Mound of Earth on the Other 12:48 The Moment the Pillar Broke Like a Pencil 16:16 Expired License, Watchers in Collusion 20:24 The Old Disease Called 'Tofu Construction' 21:54 Why It Is Not Just a Story from Another Country 📚 References and Sources Overview of the Shanghai Apartment Collapse Incident (Wikipedia, Collapse of Lotus Riverside Block 7) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaps... Engineering Case Analysis of the Collapse Mechanism (Penn State Engineering, Lotus Riverside Block 7 Collapse) https://www.engr.psu.edu/ae/thesis/fa... Regarding compensation for victims' families (China Daily, “Shanghai building collapse: Dead victim’s family to get $113,600”) https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2... Report on soil investigation into cause of collapse (WSJ China Real Time, “Shanghai Building Collapses, Nearly Intact”) https://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2... Domestic reports on analysis of the cause of collapse (Munhwa Ilbo, “Why did the Shanghai apartment collapse?”) https://www.munhwa.com/article/10679845 Major Shareholder Sentenced to Life Imprisonment (Yonhap News, “Life Sentences to Those Responsible for Shanghai Apartment Collapse”) https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR2010042... Domestic Reports at the Time of the Accident (The Korea Economic Daily, “13-Story Chinese Apartment Crashes Entirely… 1 Worker Dead”) https://www.hankyung.com/article/2009... Term and Context of ‘Tofu Construction’ (Hankook Ilbo, “Building Collapsed Like Tofu… ‘Tofu Engineering’ in China”) https://www.hankookilbo.com/news/arti...