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Maybe the land; probably not the buildings. Not built to any kind of residential code. Not enough windows, exits, not if you chop it up into a hundred pieces. N
by JoeAltmaier 3y ago
Maybe the land; probably not the buildings. Not built to any kind of residential code. Not enough windows, exits, not if you chop it up into a hundred pieces. No drains; no plumbing at all in most of it. Air ducts insufficient for chopping into pieces - your 'residence' might have air enough for a million cubic meters, or probably none at all.
Folks get enthusiastic about these things periodically. It takes not much to poke holes in the ideas. Big, unpatchable holes.
- dc396 3y agoDid you read the article or the white paper it references? It mostly talks about converting/in-filling strip malls and none of the examples given suggest using the existing buildings without modification.
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoExcept the thesis of the article - What if we turned malls into housing. There was that part.