I found that paragraph a bit perplexing: it attributed overall failure to problems due to lack of maintenance. Sure, you fail to maintain something that needs

I found that paragraph a bit perplexing: it attributed overall failure to problems due to lack of maintenance. Sure, you fail to maintain something that needs it then it will develop problems. That doesn't indicate a design problem though. The article cites a bunch of such problems, then concludes that they are evidence of an unworkable idea, which doesn't follow. I wonder whether the building could be refurbished, using lessons learned. Replace the asbestos with some other insulation that is non-toxic, and clean the ventilation system. Lack of hot water provided by the infrastructure can be point-of-use hot water heaters. The comment about the rotting window-blinds is just mystifying to me: those have nothing to do with the building itself, any building with similar blinds would be prone to the same problem, either regularly replace them or use something more durable. And with respect to the problems rearranging the capsules, they never specify what problems impeded this activity: perhaps something could be done to alleviate such problems, but it is hard to say in the absence of any concrete information.