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> I ask Munger’s supporters to please cite references to support their implicit assertion that humans don’t need natural light in their living spaces I would
by ng12 5y ago
> I ask Munger’s supporters to please cite references to support their implicit assertion that humans don’t need natural light in their living spaces
I would ask the opposite: what's the evidence that it's harmful to have a window in the living room but not the bedroom? To my knowledge most laws requiring windows in bedrooms comes from antiquated fire safety standards, not any sort of natural need to sleep close to a window.
For what it's worth I keep the blackout blinds in my bedroom closed and the blinds in my living room open. I haven't died an unnatural death yet.
- jazzyjackson 5y agowho’s to say having a window is an antiquated fire standard?
- SkeuomorphicBee 5y agoThe planned Munger apartments also don't have windows in the living rooms either. Each apartment contains 8 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a central living room + kitchen, and no windows in any of those rooms. The only windows in the building are in some far communal halls shared by 8 apartments each. For what is worth, I also wouldn't mind a windowless bedroom if it opened to a naturally lit living room, unfortunate that is not the case in this project.
- ng12 5y agoThere's a window in each of the kitchen areas.
- PhantomGremlin 5y agoThat is absolutely not true. Here is an image linked elsewhere in this thread. https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2021/11/munger-hall-university-of-california-santa-barbara-floor-plan_dezeen_2364_col_0-1704x1226.jpg https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2021/11/munger-hall-univer... And from the fine article itself, 2nd para: only about 6 percent of the rooms — the end rooms in each row of 32 — have windows.