Concrete Slabbing
Saving both time and money, we’ve gone with large concrete slabs for upper-area roofing that can support people, but not full floor structures. These things are huge, and heavy. A total of 18 workers were needed to lift each one up to the second floor!
Restaurant main entrance
A few slabs resting above the dining room
The dining room.. The remaining 6 square meters will be glass instead of concrete!
In the kitchen
Inside the Lookout
More Grey Bricks
Here the worker is putting on the finishing touches of a grey brick wall that only functions to block the ugliness from one neighbour. The new wall is especially nice in the late afternoon sun!
Here’s the wall from down below. Next to it is the back of the kitchen.
Grey Bricks
Today is grey brick day again. This time an important visual part of the second floor will be raised up high in order to add a mask of traditional grey bricks on top of the new modern structure within.
Check out the view of the bell tower!
2 hours later, it is all done.
The view from within the balcony walkway
Looking at it from the courtyard
Raising the Second Floor
Here comes the second floor, structural beams and all.
On the right side is the dining room, the left is a kitchen – mostly
Up comes the kitchen
Cutting day
It’s time. Forget about safety, about cranes, tools and most other common sense. Today is completely about destruction, and big, heavy falling objects.
18 year-old up on the top, straddling the tree for dear life.
Absolutely insane worker standing beneath the falling branches holding a chainsaw on full throttle the entire time
Guiding the branches towards the floor, sometimes.
Luckily the south room’s walls and floor can take the weight
Alone on the tree still..
Crazy guy still at it with the smaller branches on the ground
Examining the large cuts of trunk.
Cutting a few thin ones too…
Loaded up and ready to go!
Mr. Guo with his gift. 15 minutes of work and he has a brand new meat cutting board.
