Since it spans the whole floor space there must be a massive cavity in there
HVAC, water, elevator machinery same as any tall building.
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Except I've seen plenty that did with just a hut
I wonder if anyone has a picture of the empty space up top
I think it's a design thing. It's possible to do with just a hut, but the architect thought it would look better if the entire floor was level.
Those types have the ground level, then a service level, then the "first" floor.
Probably not as tall or no central air dunno
And the drying room for clothes
I thought that was usually in the basement. Haven't personally lived in one of these though
The basement is for storing your winter supplies like jars of jam, pickled.. anything.... and the various alcoholic concoctions. Some have also a room for storing bikes and strollers.
TBF in my building the laundry rooms are on the bottom. But we also have storage down there, and that doubles as a bomb shelter.
The basement has storage spaces.
That's where .ml stores all the comments they find offensive.
Nah, not enough room.
Hanging above their flats like the sword of Damocles
Infrastructure, like air handling, electric, elevator system, etc.
Yea, machine room is most likely. Elevator motors, hot water systems, etc
The building likely has walls that go 6-8ft up passed the actual roof. The HVAC units and such sit on the roof exposed to the elements. I've been on several roofs like that
That's just what the defenestrators want you to think
Others are correct, it's the infrastructure for the building that in warmer countries is generally in a basement. Most Russian buildings do not have basements unless they are government because of the cost in excavating and stabilizing it. Instead buildings especially in the very cold areas of Russia are on stilts and entry points are elevated above the average snowfall.
I see. So does that mean it's a large windowless (ie dark) room that can be accessed from the central staircase? Have you ever been in/seen the entrance to it?
The gay bar.
Idk but I can tell you Moscow university was a tunnel / hallway behind those round windows. When I was there a quarter of them were broken and it was very exposed. Cold af
Ooh. Could you go behind those railings on the roof as well or were they just for show?
Probably, I was a kid exploring. The locked down areas weren't locked down. This building is epic! There's underground passages, and at the time I was there, dark abandoned underground Moria like spaces that went as far as the eye could see in the dark. It was in great disrepair, but, there was a full market on one of the basement levels. Basement floors the elevator didnt go. There was an attic space that was empty as far as the eye could see in the dark. Abandoned passages went between all the buildings on the university grounds. Ended up in one building from a passage where I could look out these glass doors to the outside, but, were locked. Was there in the mid 90s, no flashlight or cell phone so I explored as much as a kid dared to. Beautiful building, all sorts of hidden places.
That must have been so enthralling
We have a lot of buildings in Northern Germany with the cellar departments on top (every flat comes with a small room to store stuff outside the flat). Saves heavily on expensive underground floors and has additional advantages, especially when the ground water is sitting very high.
Also gives a bit of buffer for insulation purposes
I think the word for it is "attic"
Hmm it did not occur to me that the architects might do that
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That's where the stasi hide to make sure you're appropriately loyal to the party.
that's where they produce the brain washing rays and put the chemicals in the water that make you gay
Where do you think the Stasi man sits all day with his headphones?
That's where they keep Lenin's real body
I bet you'd find dead bodies up there in at least a few buildings lol
We don't talk about the top floor
On a serious note - my bet would be that the roof just has really tall "walls", something like this, just taller
You can actually see that apparently there's a ladder there so it's probably tall
Ah good guess. You're right about the ladder bit
Some hire a bit of this space to telecoms to install the networking equipment for mobile network antennas on top