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People want windows and natural light. That's the fundamental problem here that this doesn't solve.
by CydeWeys 3y ago
People want windows and natural light. That's the fundamental problem here that this doesn't solve.
- xiphias2 3y agoThat's actually true for offices as well. That's also why highly paied people are running away from offices.
- candiodari 3y agoI think the problem with residential is more that people might block each others air supply ... and what to do when that happens.
- derefr 3y agoTall steel-and-concrete buildings are still structurally sound with all the facade torn off. (After all, they were structurally sound before the facade went on.) There'd be plenty of light and fresh air for these "indoor houses" — at least the ones around the outside — if this was done. If you want even more light and air, design office towers to have some extra "wasted" central space, beyond just that needed for an elevator shaft and plumbing — i.e. make them into squared-off toruses. Then, post-facade-stripping, it won't be dark in the middle, either. Or just build office towers that are long and narrow, rather than square, such that if you convert them into residential, you get functional "commie block" architecture where every unit gets not only a window, but a balcony.
- singleshot_ 3y agoCounterexample, WTC 1&2, whose concrete columns around the outside supported it.
- singleshot_ 3y agoA Counterexample: WTC 1&2, whose concrete columns around the outside supported it.
- howinteresting 3y agoI wish courtyard-like shapes were more common in western architecture.
- epicureanideal 3y agoI think to live for a reasonable price in SF, a lot of people would give up the natural light. I likely would. I'd just use it as a place to sleep and spend my time somewhere else.
- andrewjl 3y agoIANAL but there are city housing code minimums around natural light in residential units. If the goal then is to change the housing code to let people live in SF for a more reasonable price then might as well skip to removing overly restrictive zoning and height restrictions instead.