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Are you talking about Charlie Munger's dorm? If so, I think your take on this is a little off: > but better for the people who would live in them ... . You bu
by FireBeyond 3y ago
Are you talking about Charlie Munger's dorm?
If so, I think your take on this is a little off:
> but better for the people who would live in them ... . You built a dorm just like this one 10 years ago that people love.
It caused UCSB's design review committee architect to resign:
> A consulting architect named Dennis McFadden subsequently announced his resignation from U.C.S.B.’s design-review committee. In a letter, which was later leaked, he wrote that “Charlie’s Vision” was “unsupportable from my perspective as an architect, a parent and a human being.”
> a “social and psychological experiment with an unknown impact on the lives and personal development of the undergraduates the university serves.” Having no natural light was a problem. So were stale air and tight spaces. McFadden noted that the structure had just two main exits and would qualify “as the eighth densest neighborhood in the world, falling just short of a portion of Dhaka, Bangladesh.”
> Dormzilla, as the building has been nicknamed by the local papers
> Moreno described poor ventilation and even poorer sleep. “Lots of talk of sunlamps and melatonin,” he said.
> “you had to submit, like, a waiver stating your need for a window.”
- pianoben 3y ago> a waiver stating your need for a window In my area, building codes require two exits for every bedroom. It's not a "nice-to-have", it's a life-saving requirement in case of a fire. With two exits for 4,500 people, this dorm was a massacre waiting to happen. The rest of the conversation about the design is pointless, given that fact alone. It's a non-starter.
- burkaman 3y agoNot just 4500 people, 4500 students who mostly have never lived alone or cooked for themselves before. 3 out of 10 of the most recent reviews of Munger's other building are complaining about how often the fire alarms go off: https://www.veryapt.com/ApartmentReview-a7222-munger-graduate-residences-ann-arbor https://www.veryapt.com/ApartmentReview-a7222-munger-graduat....