The coolest elevator I’ve seen
Elevator in Mumbai office building
This was amazing! I loved that the elevator proudly displayed both a “0 floor” for the ground AND a “-1 floor” for the subterranean parking garage.
This kind of logic is not widespread in buildings. A few strange examples are explained in Wikipedia’s entry for building story’s. The gist is that most floor numbering systems seem to suffer from superstition (no 13th floor), innumeracy (mezzanine level), or inconsistency (a building on a hill may have two “ground” floors).
I applaud these architects and hope this is a genuine sign that math literacy is improving.
Have you seen other interesting floor numbering systems? Write your story in the comments or send a pic to me and I’ll be happy to post it.
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6 Responses to “The coolest elevator I’ve seen”
Eum, I think this is quite standard in most European countries. I don’t really see why this is so amazing.
By shipoopi on Mar 31, 2010
story’s is possessive
stories is plural
Don’t mean to look for faults – I appreciate the work in this website.
By Dan on Mar 31, 2010
I was just in India…didn’t see this on any elevators.
But that’s quite amusing to see that you’re going to a negative floor
By RohoMech on Mar 31, 2010
This is the norm in Israel. I’m pretty sure that all of Europe considers “first floor” and “ground floor” to be different, too.
By E on Apr 1, 2010
Every elevator I’ve seen in India has this, including at my office.
By roundsquare on Apr 2, 2010
Being from India and currently living in Europe, I can safely say it’s a common story every where I have been too
i.e 13th floor are marked as 13, Ground floor are marked as 0 or G and sub-subterranean are marked as -ve numbers. Unfortunately some of the popular hotels seem to buck this trend and mess up the survey numbers 
By Satish on Apr 14, 2010