3-wall (open) foundation? is it ok? or bad in practice?


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This is for a walkout basement.
 
Is it bad practice to have just 3 walls of foundation and thus frame the wall the walkout is on?
I'm wondering if this would be a lot of torque at the opposite corners (red circles) from the gravel backfill pushing in on the foundation walls (red arrows)?

(Note: there is a concrete frost wall below the wood framing on the walkout side)

 

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Thanks guys.

 

NRST8TRKR, the reason I'm concerned about the stress on the walls is that there will be a retaining wall at the left and right sides of the walkout so the grade won't drop as much as typical, thus having a bit more pressure from the backfill.

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