ah

https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S2095263514000363-gr31.jpg

yup boring

@Uksio it also depends on the place as well, generally its countries on the edge of the tectonic plats which get all the earth quakes

australia doesn't really get any or any volcanos but new zealand has volcanos and a lot of earth quakes

@Engineered Eldritch Catgirl My point was that what you see there only looks unusual. None of the load-bearing elements were compromised in that building on stilts

lol

Heck, if you install glass facade in that first floor, it will suddenly look "normal" to you again

probably just fix it up with a bit of flexi tape

Though Russia has some norms about earthquake safety. Most buildings don't need it

Vast majority of russian territory is free of Earthquakes

then you look at places like japan and earthquake safety is on most buildings

Sure

You can't build just any building there

i mean japan is right on the faultline

yeah

then again, most russian buildings are made with pure stalinaum

only the strongest of capitalism can destroy them.

https://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2017/10/High-House-by-Architecture-Studio-Delordinaire-8.jpg

This one is made with earthquakes in mind

umm

Because Norway does have them

i think thats made more for snow

It is a "0 energy" home

Made to use as little energy as it can to stay warm in the coldest of times

Being raised off the ground like that reduces heat transfer to the soil by a lot

yeah and snow build up probably too

All buildings in Antarctica are on stilts too for this exact reason

seeing you don't want any snow to touch the building and make it colder then it already is

Snow is an insulator to a certain degree

It does not allow the temperature to go below -4 if the layer is thick enough

Case-in-point: Igloo

yep

its not usually the cold either its the wind

House on stilts in cold places is mostly a thermal bridge reduction

As an added bonus you get a parking lot with a "roof" under the house too

Exactly: windchill is more dangerous than even -40°C

We should nuke the wind to stop global cooling