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What's inside the top floor of commie blocks? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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Since it spans the whole floor space there must be a massive cavity in there

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[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] lurklurk@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Also gives a bit of buffer for insulation purposes

I think the word for it is "attic"

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Hmm it did not occur to me that the architects might do that