This is being built in the town of Wemding which celebrated its 1,200 year anniversary in 1993. The idea was to build something that would take 1,200 years to complete in order to emphasize how long the town has been in existence. People saying its stupid or going to be abandoned are forgetting the town itself has existed for longer.
How about that concrete doesn’t last that long?
Regardless, it just a pr piece for the town, so whatever.
*well not the concrete they’re likely using, anyhow.
Roman concrete is very different from modern concrete. It was made with a few different ingredients that made salt water strengthen it, as opposed to weaken it, and lime class (among other things) helped it “self heal” cracks.
Roman concrete is why I put the * comment, but no one uses it anymore. Between it being a lost recipe for a while and it taking longer to “set” no one throwing up buildings or laying out roads cares that something lasts over 100 years anymore.
That’s a nice thought but will the town actually still exist if the population doesn’t? Humans have maybe 120 years left, there’s zero chance of humans finishing this pyramid.
Although if a weird little art installation in a small German town is what gets capitalism to end, I’m all for it.
