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Big office buildings have very deep plates which make them very difficult to convert to sensible apartment layouts. You can have windowless conference rooms but
by esoterica 3y ago
Big office buildings have very deep plates which make them very difficult to convert to sensible apartment layouts. You can have windowless conference rooms but you can't have windowless apartments.
- Scoundreller 3y agoI’m probably a weirdo, but a bedroom without windows feels like a great way to get the best sleep in an urban environment. Low noise, no light pollution. Kinda a dream really.
- suzzer99 3y agoThat's not bad. I do everything I can to darken my room while I sleep. Just need an automatic light set to sunlight temperature that comes on when I want to get up.
- liampulles 3y agoI grew up in a converted office-to-house in a bedroom with no windows. The one wall had a number of glass bricks put in to give some light. A partially troglodyte nerd emerged, it worked out okay.
- fmobus 3y agoSoundproof windows are the norm in Germany for modern buildings and are a ducking godsend. Mine are so good I can't even hear the rain unless it's a full-on storm. Also, outside curtains are pretty good at blocking light. To the point I had to hack mine to open on sunset to ensure I wake up.
- Scoundreller 3y agoMy beef is that windows are usually pretty good, but sliding doors to a balcony are garbage.
- ginko 3y agoMain concern would be ventilation, but that's usually oversized in office buildings anyways.
- cpitman 3y agoThe window is required for emergency egress, not light.