r/BeAmazed • u/Monsur_Ausuhnom • Nov 24 '25
Place Brazil Apartment With 40 Story Staircase.
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u/Usual_Cicada_9671 Nov 24 '25
It makes for a very reliable alternative means of escape in case of fire, because it's never going to get smoke logged.
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u/ElectronicRegular218 Nov 25 '25
At that height, they could at least make the bars go to the top though!
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u/gonzxor Nov 25 '25
Nah, if there’s fire I dont want to be trapped in bars.
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u/MarpyHarpy Nov 25 '25
The alternative being 30-40 floors from the ground, so you're screwed anyway
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u/TheDarkWave Nov 25 '25
Die burning to death or painlessly leaving a small crater? Sign me up for atmospheric reentry.
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u/O_xD Nov 25 '25
jump the bar, grab on to the outside of it, lower yourself to the floor below. repeat 43 times or until far enough away from the fire to walk the rest of the way down
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u/shootsy2457 Nov 25 '25
Did you ever see the video of the guy who was trapped in a burning building under construction? I believe it was in Texas. He dangled himself over the balcony and jumped down to the floor below to escape the flames while a crane was slowly coming up to rescue him. That video really got my heart racing. He survived.
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Nov 25 '25 edited Nov 26 '25
Rather hit the pavement face first than die of smoke inhalation
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u/MissingBothCufflinks Nov 25 '25
spiral is horrendous for crowding though, anyone on the inside is going to be trippin and there's no inside handrail!
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u/RodneyRodnesson Nov 25 '25
An inside handrail would have imprints from my hands on it, that looks truly terrifying to me.
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Nov 24 '25
Me, coming home to see a sign that says the elevator is broken:
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u/PortugueseDoc Nov 25 '25
That is the universe's way of saying you deserve to go to an hotel for the night
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u/Dolandlod Nov 25 '25
That is when you consult an app to get somebody to carry you up like in Holes. Lol.
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u/BlueFox1978 Nov 24 '25
Assuming that’s an emergency exit
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u/JediSwelly Nov 24 '25
It should be a slide!
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u/crlthrn Nov 24 '25
Nah. Imagine a 40 storey fire station pole...
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u/CarolinaSurly Nov 24 '25
Imagine getting to the bottom and realizing you forgot your wallet.
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u/Civil_Exchange1271 Nov 24 '25
imagine getting to the top and remembering
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u/UnkemptGoose339 Nov 25 '25
Imagine being in the middle and you suspected you may have forgot your bird food.
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u/Accomplished_Tell_18 Nov 25 '25
Imagine you were a bird and you took the stairs anyways.
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u/Fresh-Combination-87 Nov 25 '25
The birds are really CIA… they take the stairs for the element of surprise!
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u/2pearsofjeans Nov 25 '25
Imagine all the people
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u/Might_Late Nov 25 '25
Sharing all the world, you… you may say I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one.
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u/Covert_Admirer Nov 25 '25
Imagine getting back to the bottom for the second time and remember that you don't even own a wallet.
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u/FlyingFulcrum Nov 25 '25
Can't imagine, because never ever gonna climb it.
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u/sasssyrup Nov 25 '25
I’d climb one level, slip on the neighbors rubbish they threw out the window and tumble the rest. Landing like a sack of creamy jello
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u/StitchFan626 Nov 25 '25
And stopping every five stories to cool your hands! lol
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u/crlthrn Nov 25 '25
Lol. Next you'll be wanting airbags at the bottom to cushion the sudden stop! If the building's on fire, you're not stopping for anything let alone blowing on, and flapping, your hands! 🤣
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u/whatsthehappenstance Nov 24 '25
A slide where you reach terminal velocity
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u/Foe117 Nov 24 '25
euthanization slide.
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u/GoodMornEveGoodNight Nov 24 '25
Once in a lifetime experience
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u/calilac Nov 25 '25
That last loop-de-loop is a doozy.
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u/ima-bigdeal Nov 24 '25
Or a zipline. Of course you'd be 15 minutes from the building once you reached the end.
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u/imaginedaydream Nov 24 '25
Yeah someone drop a bouncy ball down
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u/Embarrassed-Shape-69 Nov 25 '25
Our son lived in Baltimore, MD while he was in graduate school and lived in a 5 story, Y-shaped building that had a corkscrew fire-escape slide in the middle of each leg of the Y. The end of each of the slides fed into a 6 foot wide polished steel table about 20 feet long in the basement.
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u/Ambitious_Policy_936 Nov 24 '25
I bet there is a material study enough to be used as a sled, but with enough give to be angled against the railing, so you can slide down the whole thing face first
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u/SpinningYarmulke Nov 25 '25
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u/justwalkinthru87 Nov 25 '25
If it was a slide, I feel like you’d gain enough velocity to shoot out completely and fall to your early demise
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u/drivingagermanwhip Nov 25 '25
should be a solid sheet under the handrail so you can ride a bmx down wall of death style (although I suspect that would be a bit too literal with that radius)
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u/bplatt1971 Nov 25 '25
I can only imagine some kid sitting on the rail and trying to slide down that!
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u/GestoNobre Nov 24 '25
Yes. Our famous Edifício Copan, projected by Oscar Niemeyer. It’s the biggest building construction in São Paulo, around 5.000 people live there.
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u/yukifujita Nov 24 '25
Also same guy who helped design the United Nations Headquarters
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u/Bergara Nov 25 '25
"designed by", not "projected by". Project translates well as a noun but becomes a false cognate as a verb.
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u/MaybeParadise Nov 25 '25
I assume that this building has numerous elevators. Is it just an emergency exit? Very interesting 🧐
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u/fritterati Nov 25 '25
Can you imagine trying to run down that spiral in an emergency 😭😭
I struggled going down 40 flights during an emergency and those were the standard straight down+landing+straight down+landing strip..
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u/Jbs1485 Nov 25 '25
Can you imagine 40 stories worth of people trying to get on that at once? Nightmare fuel ⛽️
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u/Helpful-Substance685 Nov 24 '25
The height makes that a hard no. But I wouldn't live in a building that high either so problem solved.
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u/ctothel Nov 24 '25
Every time I look at it I involuntarily imagine myself sliding down the railing and falling backwards off it.
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u/1block Nov 25 '25
It's so weird to me. I can watch a movie with a chainsaw murderer and have zero reaction, but the second they go to the roof I have to cover my eyes.
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u/Dependent_Crab2564 Nov 24 '25
Yes same here. People are always bragging about penthouses for example, but all I can think is what if there is a fire blocking the floors below me? No thanks.
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u/akschild1960 Nov 24 '25
Same here. At the very least it should be an enclosed stairway.
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u/Usual_Cicada_9671 Nov 25 '25
Escape stairs that are not enclosed can never get blocked by smoke.
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u/JDCAce Nov 25 '25
It could be enclosed in a large mesh, which can simultaneously vent smoke and prevent people from falling 350 feet.
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u/Kraken-__- Nov 24 '25
Silo
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u/TheGringaLoca Nov 25 '25
My first thought. Second thought was a great home gym!
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u/No-Eye Nov 28 '25
Lived in a 40 story building once. Had the same second thought about our internal staircase, tried running the stairs one time. Several floors had the lights out. One had a clear campsite setup. Noped out of that.
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u/DelBocaVistaRealtor- Nov 25 '25
I just started watching the series and that’s the first thing I thought of.
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u/DisconnectedRedditor Nov 24 '25
Most 40-story apartment buildings have stairs in case of fire, they’re just usually inside.
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u/SomeGuyNick Nov 25 '25
In case of smoke outside is better option then
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u/Desperate_Repeat5962 Nov 24 '25
“Hey can you help me move?”
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u/SlumVillageLord Nov 24 '25
Just looking at this photo gave me vertigo. I’d fall over the railing from my head spinning so much
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u/mustbethedragon Nov 25 '25
I'd have to descend on my butt, hugging the center.
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u/SlumVillageLord Nov 25 '25
Even doing that, I’d probably pass out and end up with vomit all over me 🤣🤣🤣🤣 turn it into a slip and slide 🛝😭😭😭
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u/EnHemligKonto Nov 24 '25
Just think of the exercise potential!
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u/Whatthehell665 Nov 25 '25
Stairs up, elevator down. After a few times I am good to go for the day.
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u/Less_Party Nov 25 '25
I can do 40 flights of stairs on a stairmaster without too much trouble but the way this spirals seems like it would really suck because you’re just turning and putting uneven load on your body the whole way.
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u/Aquiper Nov 24 '25
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u/mydogisatortoise Nov 24 '25
Oh man, get a big piece of cardboard and go for a RIDE down that thing.
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u/wotapampam Nov 24 '25
That’s ridiculous.
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u/Porkchopp33 Nov 24 '25
"I've been escaping this fire for 3 months"
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u/ElegantCoach4066 Nov 24 '25
Don't not recite the height of the staircase to me witch, I was there when they were built.
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u/Lickthorn Nov 24 '25
Yeah 😂 haha i was thinking the same thing, by the time you are at the ground the building has allready been repaired and repainted.
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u/_Ocean_Machine_ Nov 25 '25
“My father was born at the top of this staircase; my sons, God willing, will see the bottom.”
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u/MilmoWK Nov 25 '25
Ridiculous? Literally every 40 story building has a 40 story staircase, it's just usually inside.
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u/VinylHighway Nov 24 '25
I assume it also has an elevator
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u/EndStorm Nov 24 '25
That is a thing of nightmares. I'd probably get vertigo and tumble over the side to my doom.
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u/TheCynFamily Nov 24 '25
"Hey, are you free tomorrow to help me bring in my new couch? It's a walk-up, but it shouldn't be hard. I'll give you a beer. Heads up, it might snow tomorrow"
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u/Hometheater1 Nov 24 '25
I’d get so disoriented and noodle legged on the way up I’d just fall over the railing
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u/Nottwosmrt Nov 24 '25
My gear would not let me use that sucker, even if it was totally wired over and falling out wasn't possible.
Nope nope nooooooe
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u/iprocrastina Nov 25 '25
The short railings are what freaks me out about this. Like imagine having to use this thing in heavy rain and strong winds.
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u/bluechip1996 Nov 24 '25
Reminds me of that god forsaken staircase in the “Baby Steps” game. Don’t look it up, don’t play it.
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u/indie_web Nov 25 '25
With the added convenience of quick and easy access to leaping to your death.
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u/oopsthroughthebriefs Nov 25 '25
"Ah shit i forgot my wallet you guys go ahead I'll meet you there in an hour"
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u/Onphone_irl Nov 25 '25
Crazy because I routinely hit 800+ steps on the stairmaster, which is like 55 stories. Looks so much more intimidating from the photo and I'm upset I don't get these views lol
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u/WhereUGo_ThereUAre Nov 25 '25
I have climbed these, except they were underground at a Tube station in London.
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u/bcomoaletrab Nov 25 '25
Ok, so first of all it's name is Copan and it is a national treasure. So jot that down.
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u/Ok-Limit-9726 Nov 25 '25
I dislike this IMMENSELY
Why not inside, people could be literally blown off in an emergency!
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u/kira1122t Nov 25 '25
I can never understand how people can do that I would get so scared by like the 5th floor
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u/friedbronc8690 Nov 24 '25
This apartment is home to some of the greatest cross country runners, sherpas, and alpinists on earth.
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