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Buildings don't have holes punched in them on the ground floor for restaurants! Buildings are almost always the widest at the base (for obvious reasons). "Punc
by CydeWeys 3y ago
Buildings don't have holes punched in them on the ground floor for restaurants! Buildings are almost always the widest at the base (for obvious reasons).
"Punch holes" means actually removing building mass, not just adding windows. The floor plans on office buildings are so massive that you literally need to punch holes into every floor to bring windows inwards for apartments. This is a good example: https://twitter.com/SustainableTall/status/1657285198151831552 https://twitter.com/SustainableTall/status/16572851981518315...
- texuf 3y agoFunny, I would much rather work in a building with inward windows, parent comments about regulating this into existence are starting to sound pretty reasonable.
- oh_sigh 3y agoDo we really need windows? Yes, I'm channeling my inner Munger. We could have simulated windows, and as long as the HVAC is good I think a lot of people would live in a place like that, especially if those apartments sold at a discount relative to windowed apartments. It seems crazy to not even give the people a choice of whether they want to have a window or not. You could trial it on luxury apartments so no one can say "Well they don't have a choice they have to live in an apartment with no windows".