Friday 30 April 2010

How many bricks are there in London?

Assumptions:
'London' = innter and greater London

Estimates:
8million people in London
Average 2.5 people per household
Average size of dwelling around 1000 sq ft
90% dwellings made from brick
Average dwelling = 8,000 bricks including internal walls and driveways etc.
Public buildings are made from brick
Public buildings ofset those dwellings not made from brick
Brick yards contain a small % of total bricks
Buried old bricks are discounted


Calculations:
8,000,000/ 2.5 = 320,000 dwellings
8000 x 320,000
= 25,600,000,000 bricks in London

2 comments:

  1. what the fuck? How does someone actually solve this problems? I'm SHOOK

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  2. Typo Alert! 8,000,000 / by 2.5 = 3,200,000 NOT 320,000...
    Total bricks is correct though.

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