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The solution in the article of creating an inner "courtyard" seems to me to be absolutely horrendous, from a livability perspective. Imagine your only windows
by boplicity 4y ago
The solution in the article of creating an inner "courtyard" seems to me to be absolutely horrendous, from a livability perspective.
Imagine your only windows being into a tunnel 300 feet from the open sky. That's not actually a source of natural light. Sure, it's a possible source of ventilation. But really, this sounds like dystopian housing as opposed to anything someone would actually want to live in.
That being said, it does have a convincing argument for converting older, smaller footprint buildings.
- xiaq 4y agoYeah, the moment I saw a photo of the "courtyard" my reaction went from "clever modern solution" to "what a bleak place to live"...
- ghaff 4y agoI've stayed in hotel rooms that were on a light well. Yes, you pretty much might as well not have a window. It's actually pretty common, especially on lower floors, for hotel rooms to be directly facing some other building and for many rooms not to have much of a view or natural light.
- raldi 4y agoI lived in a place like that when I was young. It was fine. Many, many young people get their first Manhattan apartments this way.