Dezeen : UCSB begins search for alternatives to mostly windowless Munger Hall dormitory https://www.dezeen.com/2023/08/08/ucsb-alternatives-munger-hall-dormitory/ #Studenthousing #Architecture #MungerHall #Education #News #all

...and to please all the #SolarPunk|s out there, we'd still have sufficient structural loading budget to add solar panels as roofs to reduce heat and cold whilst also slanting away high snow loads and making warm water...

I think that's a good alternative given we can't put any gardening up there...

Also unlike #MungerHall it would still have fecking windows, because that's not only sane but also legally required for housing space in Germany!
https://youtu.be/KXd7Y3HvUj4?t=180

Seriously, I'm glad that shit like #MungerHall is very much illegal to build and every city hall in #Germany will refuse to permit this because it's not even legal as maximum security prison since even prisoners have #HumanRights like access to direct sunlight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXd7Y3HvUj4

@VideoGameArchitect Problem:

That concept doesn't work and skyscrapers aren't built with residential useability in mind.

Just like #MungerHall would not be legal to build in #Germany as a #housing complex due to having no windows with actual daylight, thus not even being legal for maximum security & solidarity confinement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXd7Y3HvUj4

@schratze Even worse than #MungerHall which is so shit that it would be illegal even as a #prison - at least in #Germany - because prisoners have a right to a view to the outside and daylight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXd7Y3HvUj4

The fate of Munger Hall remains as opaque as its windowless bedrooms.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k838e/independent-review-panel-finds-ucsbs-dormzilla-unwise-and-poses-significant-health-and-safety-risks
#Dormzilla #mungerhall #UCSB #housing #HOUSINGCRISIS