{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.unfinished-building","code":"thing-q1570262","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1570262/","name":"unfinished building","alternateNames":["dolgostroy"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.3","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.BLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A building whose construction is not yet finished, whether ongoing, paused, abandoned or delayed for years, or which exists only as a design, often remaining unfinished for financial, political, legal or technical reasons, including long-term stalled projects known in Russian as dolgostroy, abandoned skyscrapers and monumental projects never finished; unfinished buildings raise questions of safety, ownership, urban blight and, in some cases, later completion or demolition.","purpose":"Let an agent explain unfinished buildings as a phenomenon, relay causes and consequences with attribution, describe notable examples and their outcomes, and route safety and legal questions to authorities.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Halted construction","Financial or political causes","Safety and blight issues","Possible later completion"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"The phenomenon.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition and kinds.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What counts as an unfinished building, and what kinds exist?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the structure unfinished, a ruin or an active site?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"causes","name":"Causes","description":"Causes.","findings":[{"id":"causes-finding","name":"Causes","description":"Causes.","questions":[{"text":"Why do 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economics.","layers":[{"id":"economics","name":"Economics","description":"Economics.","findings":[{"id":"economics-finding","name":"Economics","description":"Economics.","questions":[{"text":"How do property cycles and financing produce waves of unfinished buildings, as economists describe?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits real estate bubble?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"culture","name":"Culture","description":"Culture.","findings":[{"id":"culture-finding","name":"Culture","description":"Culture.","questions":[{"text":"How are unfinished buildings represented in art, photography and urban exploration?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits urban exploration?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Record the state, ownership and planning status of an unfinished structure from public records.","Survey and report hazards for the owner or the authority that asked."],"mustNot":["Enter or encourage anyone to enter an unfinished structure that is not secured.","Publish it as a place to explore or film.","Present it as safe, lawful to occupy or ready for sale.","Remove materials from the site without the owner's authority."],"requiresHuman":["Deciding to demolish, secure or resume construction.","Any decision affecting people living in the structure."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Abandoned sites kill explorers, children and people sheltering in them.","Unfinished buildings often hold the savings of buyers who lost everything."],"affectedParties":["People who enter the site","Buyers and investors who paid","Neighbours"]},"owners":{"steward":"The owner or developer; the building authority may take enforcement responsibility.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Land registry and building permit records"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q2910675","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q811979","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"built structure","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"unfinished creative work","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"construction financing failure","type":"related","note":"among other causes"},{"target":"ruins","type":"related","note":"which were completed and decayed"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.unfinished-building","Wikidata: Q1570262 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1570262)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Overall height:  m - Measure the existing structure from a stated ground reference to its highest built point, or label dimensions from an unbuilt design as proposed.","Built footprint area:  m2 - Measure the horizontal area occupied by existing construction using a stated boundary convention, or identify a design footprint as proposed.","Constructed floor area:  m2 - Sum surveyed floor areas using a stated measurement convention and distinguish existing floors from planned floors."]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Structure started but not completed","Stalled, abandoned and long-delayed projects","Ruins were once complete; buildings under active construction are not unfinished in this sense","A bare concrete frame, exposed floors or a half-built shell, often fenced or overgrown."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain causes and kinds","relay consequences and policy responses","describe notable examples","route safety questions to authorities"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Trespass injuries and structural decay","Losses for buyers and investors","Urban blight","Unsourced claims about causes"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Building safety and site security rules","Laws on abandoned property and compulsory purchase","Housing laws protecting buyers of unfinished apartments in some countries"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Not applicable; an incomplete 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