When I saw the Roman columns in front of my neighbor's new house, I was a little puzzled. Usually, Roman columns are made of concrete after directly binding steel cages and supporting formwork.
This time, however, they chose a relatively primitive approach, building a 240-thick brick column and pouring concrete with steel bars tied to the outside of the bricks.
From an engineering point of view, this approach seems a bit too economical. It is time-saving and labor-saving to directly tie the reinforcement cage and pour concrete, and the strength and durability of reinforced concrete are much higher than that of brick columns.
Of course, this may have been chosen to pursue a traditional architectural style, but I don't think it was a wise choice.
If something goes wrong, such as a tilt or crack in a column, the consequences can be devastating.
