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There's a limited amount of exterior wall space. If you give the bedrooms windows then that pushes the living space to the interior and makes it window less.
by treis 5y ago
There's a limited amount of exterior wall space. If you give the bedrooms windows then that pushes the living space to the interior and makes it window less.
That's how my freshman dorm was. Moving exterior to interior it was bedrooms, study space, and then a shared living room. The result was windows in the bedroom, where they were mostly covered with blinds, and no windows in the living area.
That's the wrong compromise. You want the light in the living areas where people are spending their days. Of all the different trade offs windowless bedrooms is 100% the right call.
- postingawayonhn 5y ago> There's a limited amount of exterior wall space. If you give the bedrooms windows then that pushes the living space to the interior and makes it window less. Or maybe you just make the floorplates smaller to increase the ratio of exterior walls to floor area like most residential buildings.
- michaelt 5y ago> There's a limited amount of exterior wall space. So add courtyards. Or build an E shaped building. Or build multiple smaller buildings. You know, the things we do for other large institutional buildings like hospitals and dorms.
- treis 5y agoSure, but those all come with increased construction cost and less efficient land usage.
- DemocracyFTW 5y agoSomeone who can afford to invest one point five billion US dollars into a single student's dorm is under little pressure to be efficient, one would think.