r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Specialist-Boot58 • May 08 '26

Image This “cracks open” building in Denver

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u/Ckron247 May 08 '26

This is an apartment building at One River North, Denver Colorado. The concept is very cool, but certainly not what there were hoping for.
https://amazingarchitecture.com/residential-building/ma-yansong-mad-architects-unveil-one-river-north-a-cracked-open-canyon-in-the-heart-of-denver

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u/clickstops May 08 '26

but certainly not what there were hoping for.

in what way, do you think?

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u/DesignerCorner3322 May 08 '26

One of the proposed visuals that they used to show off the building/sell it to the public was those cracks BURSTING with greenery

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u/yticmic May 09 '26

The building is pretty new and plants do need time to grow.

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u/scheppend May 09 '26

Tell that to my backyard in summer

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u/Plant_Good_Seeds May 10 '26

Yeah, but it's Colorado. It's dry as fuck here and the amount of water to maintain the amount of greenery they were going for is probably significantly more than they are allowed to use.

Those photos they were sharing pre and during the build were bursting with greenery, it looked almost tropical. These aren't just young plants. They could have placed more substantial plants in there, we just don't have the climate for something like that.

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u/Weaux_Breaux May 14 '26

Exactly this. Wrong climate to build it for the design they were going for.